Characterization of nonmotile variants of Escherichia coli O157 and other serotypes by using an antiflagellin monoclonal antibody

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2856-2859

  Feng, Peter ^a,d   Fields, Patricia I ^b   Swaminathan, Bala ^b   Whittam, Thomas S ^c  

^a Food D   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029992588     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2856-2859.1996     Document Type: Article

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