An evaluation of the use of three phenotypic test-systems for biochemical identification of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonadaceae

Food Control

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 815-821

  Becker, Biserka ^a   Weiss, Christine ^a   Holzapfel, Wilhelm Heinrich ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochemical identification; Enterobacteriaceae; Pseudomonadaceae

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER HAEMOLYTICUS; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONADACEAE;

EID: 63449116679     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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