A Study on Selective Broths and Agar Media for the Isolation of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Serotype

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 459-464

  Noveir, Malihe R ^a   Halkman, A Kadir ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

E. coli 0157:H7; LST broth; mEC broth; mTS broth; SMAC agar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034368674     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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