Application of multiplex PCR for monitoring colonization of pig tonsils by Yersinia enterocolitica, including biotype 1A, and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1110-1115

  Kot, Barbara ^a   Trafny, Elzbieta A ^b   Jakubczak, Antoni ^a  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUIDAE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34249109694     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.5.1110     Document Type: Article

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