<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Most acute intestinal diseases are caused by food-borne pathogens. A fast and simple real-time PCR-based procedure for simultaneous detection of food contamination by any of the five food-borne pathogens: Campylobacter jejuni, Mycobacterium bovis, Enterobacter sakazaki, Shigella boydii, Clostridium perfrigens using multiplex EvaGreen real-time PCR for LightCycler was developed and evaluated. Real-time qPCR showed excellent sensitivity. Tm calling and Melting Curve Genotyping (MCG) were used for analysis of PCR product melting curves. The Melting Curve Genotyping option showed good performance for discrimination of positive samples containing DNA of single pathogen or pathogen mixtures from negative samples.</p></abstract>

Most acute intestinal diseases are caused by food-borne pathogens. A fast and simple real-time PCR-based procedure for simultaneous detection of food contamination by any of the five food-borne pathogens: Campylobacter jejuni, Mycobacterium bovis, Enterobacter sakazaki, Shigella boydii, Clostridium perfrigens using multiplex EvaGreen real-time PCR for LightCycler was developed and evaluated. Real-time qPCR showed excellent sensitivity. Tm calling and Melting Curve Genotyping (MCG) were used for analysis of PCR product melting curves. The Melting Curve Genotyping option showed good performance for discrimination of positive samples containing DNA of single pathogen or pathogen mixtures from negative samples.

Development of Simple Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays for Foodborne Pathogens Detection and Identification On Lightcycler

Department of Food Sciences and Food Technology, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health

Macedonian Veterinary Review

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Most acute intestinal diseases are caused by food-borne pathogens. A fast and simple real-time PCR-based procedure for simultaneous detection of food...

Development of Simple Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays for Foodborne Pathogens Detection and Identification On Lightcycler

Article Category: Original Scientific Article

Published Online: Mar 15, 2017

Page range: 53 - 58

Received: Nov 18, 2016

Accepted: Dec 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0010

Keywords
food borne pathogens, multiplex real time PCR, melting curve genotyping

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Development of Simple Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays for Foodborne Pathogens Detection and Identification On Lightcycler

Article Category: Original Scientific Article

Published Online: Mar 15, 2017

Page range: 53 - 58

Received: Nov 18, 2016

Accepted: Dec 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0010

Keywordsfood borne pathogens, multiplex real time PCR, melting curve genotyping

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
food borne pathogens, multiplex real time PCR, melting curve genotyping