Listeria monocytogenes have emerged as significant foodborne pathogens that pose a serious public health problem. As the causative agent of Listeriosis, L. monocytogenes has the highest rate of fatality rate among all foodborne pathogens. L. monocytogenes is a facultatively intracellular, Gram-positive bacterium that could survive high and low temperatures, low pH. It is a rare causative agent of mastitis in cow. However, due to its ability to resist various food processing technologies as well as to grow at low temperature, L. monocytogenes is know to be associated with both raw and pasteurized milk, as well as dairy products such as cheese. As little as 1000 organisms may cause the disease with pregnant, new-born, and immunocompromised individuals the most susceptible.
The Listeria monocytogenes TaqMan PCR Kit Dx is shipped on dry ice. The components of the kit should be frozen upon arrival. If one or more of the components is not frozen when the kit is received, or if any of the components have been compromised during shipment, please contact Norgen Biotek for assistance. All kit components should be stored at -20°C upon arrival. Repeated thawing and freezing (> 3 x) of the Master Mix and Positive Control should be avoided, as this may affect the performance of the assay. If the reagents are to be used only intermittently, they should be frozen in aliquots.
Component
Cat. DxTM30400 (24 rxns)
MDx TaqMan 2X PCR Master Mix Dx
550 µL
L. monocytogenes Primer Mix Dx
2 x 70 µL
L. monocytogenes Positive Control Dx – 200,000 copies/μL
50 assays of each (manual) / 500 assays of each (microplate)
Content:
50 assays of each (manual) / 500 assays of each (microplate)
Shipping Temperature:
Ambient
Storage Temperature:
Short term stability: 2-8oC, Long term stability: See individual component labels
Stability:
> 2 years under recommended storage conditions
Analyte:
Ammonia, L-Glutamine
Assay Format:
Spectrophotometer, Microplate
Detection Method:
Absorbance
Wavelength (nm):
340
Signal Response:
Decrease
Linear Range:
1 to 40 µg of L-glutamine per assay
Limit of Detection:
0.54 mg/L (L-glutamine), 0.06 mg/L (ammonia)
Reaction Time (min):
~ 10 min
Application examples:
Cell culture media and cultures, dietary supplements, vegetables and other materials (e.g. biological samples, etc.).
Method recognition:
Novel method
This product has been discontinued.
The L-Glutamine/Ammonia (Rapid) test kit is a novel method for the specific, convenient, cost effective and rapid measurement and analysis of L-glutamine and ammonia in culture media/supernatants and other materials.
Note for Content: The number of manual tests per kit can be doubled if all volumes are halved. This can be readily accommodated using the MegaQuantTM Wave Spectrophotometer (D-MQWAVE).
Extended cofactors stability. Dissolved cofactors stable for > 1 year at 4oC.
Very rapid reaction due to use of high activity glutaminase and uninhibited glutamate dehydrogense
All enzymes supplied as stabilised suspensions
Only enzymatic kit available
Very cost effective
All reagents stable for > 2 years after preparation
Mega-Calc™ software tool is available from our website for hassle-free raw data processing
Standard included
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The L-Glutamine/Ammonia (Rapid) test kit is a novel method for the specific, convenient, cost effective and rapid measurement and analysis of L-glutamine and ammonia in culture media/supernatants and other materials.
