Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR, real-time PCR, or qPCR) enables the detection of bacteria or viruses on the molecular level, with higher degrees of accuracy than microscopy (peering through a microscope to see if certain microorganisms are present) and considerably faster than the days or weeks it takes to grow a culture to determine if...
Multiplexing is the ability to identify a broad spectrum of conditions in a single molecular diagnostic test procedure, as opposed to conducting discrete individual procedures. It enables a single test to identify numerous conditions, attributes, or genetic sequences simultaneously, including those belonging to: cancer genes; a bacteria or virus in humans, animals or the food distribution supply chain, or specific attributes of a seed variety.