Typing of Austrian Listeria monocytogenes isolates by automated laser fluorescence analysis of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-40

  Allerberger, Franz ^a,d   Dierich, Manfred Paul ^a   Grundmann, Hajo ^b   Hartung, Doris ^b   Bannerman, Elizabeth ^c   Bille, Jacques ^c  

^a Natl Listeria Reference Laboratory   (Austria)

^b Inst Umweltmedizin K   (Germany)

^c Ctr Natl Ref pour les Listerias   (Switzerland)

^d Bundesst Bakt Serol U   (Austria)

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EID: 0031171278     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80072-2     Document Type: Article

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