A Study on Virulence Markers of Klebsiella Isolated from Foods and Clinical Samples

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 348-356

  Singh, B R ^a,b   Sharma, V D ^a   Chandra, R ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cytotoxin; Dermonecrotoxin; Enterotoxicity; Haemolysin; Klebsiella; Lecithinase; Mouse lethality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004449020     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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