Variable number of tandem repeats and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis cluster analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli serovar O157 strains

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2583-2588

  Yokoyama, Eiji ^a   Uchimura, Masako ^a  

^a CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36048974520     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.11.2583     Document Type: Article

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