7.8 Molecular Approaches for the Study of Listeria

Methods in Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue C, 1998, Pages 421-431

  Schäferkordt, Silke ^a   Domann, Eugen ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0038673793     PISSN: 05809517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0580-9517(08)70302-7     Document Type: Article

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