Hydrochloric acid treatment for rapid recovery of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26, O111 and O157 from faeces, food and environmental samples

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-299

  Fukushima, Hiroshi ^a   Gomyoda, Manabu ^a  

^a Matsue Shimane 690 0122 Japan   (Japan)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033167101     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(99)80066-8     Document Type: Article

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