The development of a conductimetric assay for automated detection of metabolically active soft rot Erwinia spp. In potato tuber peel extracts

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-382

  Fraaije, B A ^a   Birnbaum, Y ^a   Franken, A A J M ^a   Van Den Bulk, R W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERWINIA; NONHUMAN; POTATO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0029959811     PISSN: 00218847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03522.x     Document Type: Article

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