A 16s rdna-based pcr method for rapid and specific detection of clostridium perfringens in food

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 131-137

  Wang, Rong Fu ^a   Cao, Wei Wen ^a   Franklin, Wirt ^a   Campbell, Warren ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Food; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028227811     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1994.1018     Document Type: Article

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