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Use of a commercially available ELISA kit for detection of salmonellas in water
Author(s) -
Walter K.S.,
Fricker E.J.,
Fricker C.R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1993.tb01419.x
Subject(s) - sewage , microbiology and biotechnology , salmonella , enterobacteriaceae , contamination , biology , bacteria , environmental science , escherichia coli , environmental engineering , ecology , biochemistry , genetics , gene
The accuracy and specificity of a commercially available ELISA kit (Locate, Rhone‐Poulenc Diagnostics) were assessed when applied to enrichment cultures of naturally contaminated water and sewage. The kit showed 66/180 samples positive by both culture and ELISA. The ELISA showed six positives which could not be confirmed by culture.