The PhenePlate™ system for studies of the diversity of enterococcal populations from the food chain and the environment

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Kühn, Inger ^a   Iversen, Aina ^a   Möllby, Roland ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biochemical fingerprinting; Enterococcus; PhenePlate system; Typing methods

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FOOD CHAIN; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLATING MEDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 18144452072     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(03)00179-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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