Method for detection of microorganism and kit for detection of microorganism

摘要

Live cells of a microorganism in a test sample are detected by the following steps:
a) the step of treating the test sample with a topoisomerase poison and/or a DNA gyrase poison,
b) the step of extracting DNA from the test sample, and amplifying a target region of the extracted DNA by PCR, and
c) the step of analyzing an amplification product.