Hemolytic and elastolytic activities influenced by iron in Plesiomonas shigelloides

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1475-1477

  Santos, Jesús A ^a   González, César J ^a   López, Teresa M ^a   Otero, Andrés ^a   García López, María Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ENZYMIC DEGRADATION; HEMOLYSIS; IRON; PROTEINASE; SERINE; VIRULENCE;

PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES;

EID: 0345633552     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-62.12.1475     Document Type: Article

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