High-frequency endonuclease (REA) typing: Results from the WHO collaborative study group on subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-324

  Gerner Smidt, P ^a   Boerlin, P ^b   Ischer, F ^b   Schmidt, J ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Subtyping; WHO

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0030273247     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(96)01145-2     Document Type: Article

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