For both novice and experienced microbiologists, specialists explainquantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), which has become thebenchmark technology for detecting nucleic acids in every area ofmicrobiology, biomedical research, biotechnology, and forensicscience. They cover technical considerations, quantifyingmicroorganisms, and studying microbial gene expression. Among thetopics are the instrumentation and fluorescent chemistries used,quantification strategies, quantifying microorganisms targetingconserved genes in complex environmental samples, assessing watermicrobial risks, and quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerasechain reaction for validating microbial microarray data. Distributedin the US by ISBS. Annotation 2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
