Prevalence of Listeria in soil

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1466-1468

  Moshtaghi, H ^a,b   Garg, S R ^a   Mandokhot, Usha V ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Listeria; Listeria monocytogenes; Prevalence; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MICROORGANISMS; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL INHABITED AREAS;

SOILS;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

LISTERIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI;

EID: 0345166844     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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