Psychrobacter immobilis isolated from foods: Characteristics and identification

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 95-100

  Pacova, Zdena ^a   Urbanova, E ^b   Durnova, E ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Cadersky Envitek Ltd   (Czech Republic)

^c Regional Center of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Foods; Identification; Psychrobacter immobilis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035592985     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/7866-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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