Colicinogeny among Escherichia coli serotypes, including O157:H7, representing four closely related diarrheagenic clones

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1431-1438

  Murinda, Shelton E ^a   Liu, Shu Min ^a   Roberts, Robert F ^a   Wilson, Richard A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; DIARRHEA; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

EID: 0032213679     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.11.1431     Document Type: Article

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