An Internal Reaction Control for Routine Detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus Using a Real-Time TaqMan PCR-Based Assay.

An internal reaction control was integrated into a TaqMan polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, the causal organism of bacterial ring rot of potato. The reaction control, cloned into plasmid pCmsC4, consisted of a sequence unrelated to C.