Prevalence and characterization of typical and atypical Escherichia coli from fish sold at retail in Cochin, India

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2208-2211

  Thampuran, Nirmala ^a   Surendraraj, A ^a   Surendran, P K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 26644463681     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.10.2208     Document Type: Article

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