Enrichment, isolation, and virulence of freeze-stressed plasmid-bearing virulent strains of Yersinia enterocolitica on pork

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1983-1985

  Bhaduri, Saumya ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD HANDLING; FREEZING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; SWINE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FOOD HANDLING; FREEZING; MEAT; PLASMIDS; SWINE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 33748369097     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.8.1983     Document Type: Article

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