Applying macro-restriction analysis in differentiating selected strains of the Bacillus cereus group;Zastosowanie analizy makrorestrykcyjnej do różnicowania wybranych szczepów z grupy Bacillus cereus

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1065-1070

  Niemcewicz, Marcin ^a   Bartoszcze, Michał ^a  

^a Instytutu Higieny i Epidemiologii ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Macrorestriction; PFGE

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 33748948100     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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