Association of prophage antiterminator Q alleles and susceptibility to food-processing treatments applied to Escherichia coli O157 in laboratory media

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2617-2619

  Malone, Aaron S ^a   Yousef, Ahmed E ^a   LeJeune, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36049051968     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.11.2617     Document Type: Article

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