Characteristics of Staphylococcus hyicus strains isolated from pig carcasses in two different slaughterhouses

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 505-510

  Hassler, Ch ^a   Nitzsche, S ^a   Iversen, C ^a   Zweifel, C ^a   Stephan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

PFGE; Phenotyping; Pig carcasses; Staphylococcus hyicus; Toxin genes

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 49649109365     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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