APPlications of Polymerase Chain Reaction to Environmental Microbiology
PCR技术在环境微生物检测中的应用

Because of its high sensitivity, high specificity andsimplicity,POlymerase Chain Reaction(PCR)hasbeen widely used to detect pathogenic bacteria,indicator bacteria and viruses in environmentalsamples since its creation in 1985.A review wasmade on the fundamental priciples,methodology andcurrent status of the applications of PCR toenvironmental microbiology.