Clostridium estertheticum

Description

The Clostridium estertheticum real-time qPCR detection kit from Primerdesign provides specific detection of Clostridium estertheticum, the psychrophilic, spore-forming bacterium responsible for blown-pack spoilage of vacuum-packed and chilled meat, causing costly gas formation and off-odours. The TaqMan-based assay targets a conserved, species-specific region for sensitive detection directly from extracted nucleic acid.

Each kit supplies a ready-to-use primer and probe mix together with a positive control template, providing a complete workflow from extracted DNA on any standard real-time PCR platform. The Advanced format additionally includes an internal extraction control to flag inhibition and a copy-number standard curve for absolute quantification of pathogen load.

Key features of the Clostridium estertheticum kit

• Real-time qPCR (TaqMan) detection of Clostridium estertheticum
• Species-specific target with high analytical specificity
• Sensitive detection of low spore numbers before spoilage develops
• Primer/probe mix and positive control template included
• Advanced format adds an internal extraction control and a quantification standard
• Compatible with standard real-time PCR instruments

It is ideally suited to meat-industry quality control, shelf-life investigation and process hygiene monitoring. Available in Standard (qualitative) and Advanced (quantitative) formats, with detailed set-up and result interpretation described in the included IFU/handbook.