Monoclonal antibodies for use in detection of Bacillus and Clostridium spores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 482-487

  Quinlan, J J ^a,b   Foegeding, P M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Food and Drug Protection Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; DESULFOTOMACULUM NIGRIFICANS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030893732     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.482-487.1997     Document Type: Article

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