Development and characterization of a fluorescent-bacteriophage assay for detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1397-1404

  Goodridge, Lawrence ^a   Chen, Jinru ^a,b   Griffiths, Mansel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032916053     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1397-1404.1999     Document Type: Article

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