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ArticleCurrent microbiology2012

Variability of RNA quality extracted from biofilms of foodborne pathogens using different kits impacts mRNA quantification by qPCR.

Angela França, Joana C Bento, Nuno Cerca

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Article in Current microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Angela FrançaCentre of Biological Engineering, IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.
Joana C Bento
Nuno Cerca
Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering · PTUniversity of Minho · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biofilm formation by foodborne pathogens is known to increase the problem related with surface disinfection procedure in the food processing environment and consequent transmission of these pathogens into the population. Messenger RNA has been increasingly used to understand the action and the consequences of disinfectants in the virulence on such biofilms. RNA quality is an important requirement for any RNA-based analysis since the quality can impair the mRNA quantification. Therefore, we evaluated five different RNA extraction kits using biofilms of the foodborne pathogens Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella enterica. The five kits yielded RNA with different quantities and qualities. While for E. coli the variability of RNA quality did not affect the quantification of mRNA, the same was not true for L. monocytogenes or S. enterica. Therefore, our results indicate that not all kits are suitable for RNA extraction from bacterial biofilms, and thus, the selection of RNA extraction kit is crucial to obtain accurate and meaningful mRNA quantification.

Indexed as

BiofilmsEscherichia coliFood ContaminationFood MicrobiologyListeria monocytogenesPolymerase Chain ReactionReagent Kits, DiagnosticRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerSalmonella entericaReagent Kits, DiagnosticRNA, BacterialRNA, Messenger

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PMID22526569
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