Designing primers and evaluation of the efficiency of propidium monoazide – Quantitative polymerase chain reaction for counting the viable cells of Lactobacillus gasseri and Lactobacillus salivarius

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of using propidium monoazide (PMA) real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to count the viable cells of Lactobacillus gasseri and Lactobacillus salivarius in probiotic products. Based on the internal transcription spacer and 23S...

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Main Authors: Chieh-Hsien Lai, Sih-Rong Wu, Jen-Chieh Pang, Latha Ramireddy, Yu-Cheng Chiang, Chien-Ku Lin, Hau-Yang Tsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Food and Drug Analysis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1021949816301533