Development of real time polymerase chain reaction for detection of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis in fish

Previously designed endpoint PCR has been adapted for use with real time PCR to detect the presence of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis in fish. Optimization of a standard curve in the presence of herring sperm DNA as background matrix indicated that the real time PCR highly efficient with the Pearson coefficient of determination (R2) value = 0.99937 and slope (M) value = -3.44. An enrichment method (overnight culture) significantly increased (p