Use of a single procedure for selective enrichment, isolation, and identification of plasmid-bearing virulent Yersinia enterocolitica of various serotypes from pork samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1657-1660

  Bhaduri, Saumya ^a   Cottrell, Bryan ^a   Pickard, Allan R ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0030946716     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1657-1660.1997     Document Type: Article

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