Electrophoretic mobilities of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and wild-type Escherichia coli strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3222-3225

  Lytle, Darren A ^a   Rice, Eugene W ^a   Johnson, Clifford H ^a   Fox, Kim R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PH; SURFACE CHARGE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032978702     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.3222-3225.1999     Document Type: Article

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