Improvement of the immunomagnetic separation method selective for Escherichia coli O157 strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 376-382

  Tomoyasu, Takahiro ^a  

^a KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; MAGNETIC TECHNIQUE; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031965275     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.376-382.1998     Document Type: Article

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