Evaluation of a Yersinia adhesion gene (yadA) specific PCR for the identification of enteropathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-227

  Neubauer, Heinrich ^a   Hensel, Andreas ^b   Aleksic, Stojanca ^c   Meyer, Hermann ^a  

^a Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^b Institute of Animal Hygiene   (Germany)

^c Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoagglutination test; PCR; Y. enterocolitica; Yersinia adhesion gene

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0034659618     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00254-3     Document Type: Article

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