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PCR Technology and Applications to Zoonotic Food-Borne Bacterial Pathogens

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PCR Detection of Microbial Pathogens

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology™ ((MIMB,volume 216))

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Among molecular biological methods targeting nucleic acids, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has become the most popular diagnostic method in human and veterinary medicine, as well as in microbiological food testing (1,2).

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Stephensen Lübeck, P., Hoorfar, J. (2003). PCR Technology and Applications to Zoonotic Food-Borne Bacterial Pathogens. In: Sachse, K., Frey, J. (eds) PCR Detection of Microbial Pathogens. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 216. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-344-5:65

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