Diversity and enterotoxigenicity of Staphylococcus spp. associated with Domiati cheese

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2567-2571

  El Sharoud, Walid M ^a   Spano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPRAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES;

EID: 57649099454     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.12.2567     Document Type: Article

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