Detection of Escherichia coli serogroup O157 in foods by immunomagnetic separation (IMS): 1st communication: Recovery trials in model experiments

Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 73-96

  Heckötter, Susanne ^a   Bulte M ^a   Lucker E ^a  

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