Improved Protocol for Rapid Identification of Certain Spa Types Using High Resolution Melting Curve Analysis

• Benjamin Mayerhofer,

  Affiliations University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Department of Biomedical Analytics, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Vienna, Austria

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• Anna Stöger,

  Affiliation Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Vienna, Austria

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• Ariane T. Pietzka,

  Affiliation Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Vienna, Austria

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• Haizpea Lasa Fernandez,

  Affiliation Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Vienna, Austria

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• Bernhard Prewein,

  Affiliations Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Vienna, Austria, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Applied Microbiology, Vienna, Austria

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• Sieglinde Sorschag,

  Affiliation KABEG, Klinikum Klagenfurt, Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Microbiology, Klagenfurt, Austria

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• Renate Kunert,

  Affiliation University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Applied Microbiology, Vienna, Austria

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• Franz Allerberger,

  Affiliation Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Vienna, Austria

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• Werner Ruppitsch

  * E-mail: werner.ruppitsch@ages.at

  Affiliations Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Vienna, Austria, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Applied Microbiology, Vienna, Austria

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