Rapid urease screening of Yersinia on CIN agar plates

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-115

  Hilbert, Friederike ^a   Mayrhofer, Sigrid ^a   Smulders, Frans J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Food; Urease; Virulence; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CEFSULODIN; NOVOBIOCIN; TRICLOSAN; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD STORAGE; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; YERSINIA;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0038439418     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00397-5     Document Type: Article

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