Gram-positive, catalase-positive cocci from dry cured Iberian ham and their enterotoxigenic potential

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1897-1902

  Rodríguez, Mar ^a   Núnez, Félix ^a   Córdoba, Juan J ^a   Bermúdez, Elena ^a   Asensio, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; MICROBIAL ENZYME; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; HYBRIDIZATION; MEAT INDUSTRY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029896062     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.1897-1902.1996     Document Type: Article

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