Investigations on Contamination of Environmental Water Samples by Legionella using Real-Time Quantitative PCR Combined with Amoebic Co-Culturing.

This study showed that the detection of Legionella spp., even in those samples where they were not detected by the culture method, was possible using real-time qPCR and an amoebic co-culture method. In addition, this analytical test combination is a useful tool to detect viable and virulent Legionella spp.. PMID: 31875613 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Biocontrol Science - Category: Microbiology Tags: Biocontrol Sci Source Type: research