A Biosensor System for the Determination of Cell Number of Enterococcus seriolicida

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-239

  Endo, Hideaki ^a   Fujisaki, Kenji ^a   Ohkubo, Yukihiro ^b   Hayashi, Tetsuhito ^a   Watanabe, Etsuo ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NISSHIN SEIFUN GROUP INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Cell count; Enterococcal infection; Enterococcus; Sodium azide; Streptococcal infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0006928384     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.235     Document Type: Article

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