Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in food by PCR amplification

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-144

  Nilsson, A ^a,b   Lambertz, S T ^a   Stalhandske P ^a   Norberg, P ^a   Danielsson Tham, M L ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; PATHOGENICS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENT STRAINS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIR; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031980067     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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