Molecular and Population Genetics of Virulence Traits in Escherichia Coli O157: H7

Microbial Food Safety in Animal Agriculture: Current Topics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 155-166

  Benson, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470752616.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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