Different Yersinia enterocolitica 4:O3 genotypes found in pig tonsils in Southern Germany and Finland

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 132-137

  Fredriksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a,c   Niskanen, T ^b   Bucher, M ^a   Korte, T ^b   Stolle, A ^a   Korkeala, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Inst Hyg/Technol Food Anim O   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioserotype 4:O3; PFGE; Pig tonsils; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FINLAND; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TONSIL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0242669189     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322337425     Document Type: Article

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