Evaluation of the use of the bioMerieux Rapid ID32 A for the identification of Clostridium botulinum

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-84

  Brett, M M ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLOSTRIDIUM;

BOTULINUM; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; MOUSE BIOASSAY; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

STRAIN;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

EID: 0031884241     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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