Method to quantify live and dead cells in multi-species oral biofilm by real-time PCR with propidium monoazide
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- 4 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in AMB Express
- Vol. 3 (1), 1
- https://doi.org/10.1186/2191-0855-3-1
Abstract
Real-time PCR (qPCR) is a widely used technique in analysing environmental and clinical microbiological samples. However, its main limitation was its inability to discriminate between live and dead cells.Keywords
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