Verification of immunofluorescence colony-staining of Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica by reisolation and immunodiffusion or PCR

EPPO Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 707-715

  van Der Wolf, J M ^a   Kastelein, P ^a   van Beckhoven, J R C M ^a   van Den Brink, M ^a   de Vries, P M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000199960     PISSN: 02508052     EISSN: 13652338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1996.tb01514.x     Document Type: Article

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