Modification of sorbitol MacConkey medium containing cefixime and tellurite for isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from radish sprouts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3117-3118

  Fujisawa, Tomohiko ^a   Sata, Shin ^a   Aikawa, Katsuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Takanori ^a   Yamai, Shiro ^a   Shimada, Toshio ^b  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; PYRANOSIDE; SALICIN; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BRASSICACEAE; CATTLE; CEFIXIME; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMANS; TELLURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0033916011     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.3117-3118.2000     Document Type: Article

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