Comparison of methods for detection of Erysipelothrix spp. and their distribution in some Australasian seafoods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2066-2070

  Fidalgo, S G ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Riley, T V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LOBSTER; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CRUSTACEA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FISHES; MOLLUSCA; NEW ZEALAND; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYGNUS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX TONSILLARUM; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; OSTREIDAE; PANULIRUS CYGNUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034060237     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.2066-2070.2000     Document Type: Article

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