Detection of necrotoxigenic type 1 Escherichia coli (NTEC1) strains: Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic methods

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2001, Pages 75-79

  Bogyiová, Eva ^a   Siegfried, Leonard ^a   Kmeťová, Marta ^a   Kerestešová, Hana ^a   Šándorčínová, Zuzana ^a   Liptáková, Adriana ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

CNF1; Escherichia coli; Necrotoxigenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347871799     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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