title: Quantification of Salmonella by 5'-nuclease real-time polymerase chain reaction targeted to fimC gene.
abstract: A new 5'-nuclease real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system for the quantification of Salmonella enterica was developed, with primers and the probe oriented to a Salmonella-specific region of the fimC gene. The PCR system was specific and sensitive, its inclusivity was 100% (determined by the analysis of 53 strains of Salmonella belonging to 38 serovars) and its exclusivity was 100% (determined by the analysis of 49 non-Salmonella strains). For quantification purposes, calibration lines were constructed for three Salmonella strains belonging to three serotypes. These calibration lines were linear (r > or = 0.99) in the range from 10(3) to 10(7 )CFU/mL and practically identical in terms of very similar slopes and x-intercepts. Escherichia coli (10(6 )CFU/mL) and Citrobacter freundii (10(6) CFU/mL) had no effect on Salmonella quantification by the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Food Research Institute, Priemyselná 4, PO Box 25, SK-82475 , Bratislava 26, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: Lubica
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piknová
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaclíková
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pangallo
authors.forename: Bystrík
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Polek
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuchta
mesh_terms: D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019914:Taq Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019914:Taq Polymerase