Studies of Escherichia coli cultured on rainbow(TM) Agar O157 with particular reference to enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-269

  Bettelheim, Karl A ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli; O157; Rainbow(TM) Agar O157; Serotype

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ABUTILON HULSEANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031977732     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02282.x     Document Type: Article

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