Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from food produced in Slovakia and Slovenia with regard to the presence of genes encoding for enterotoxins

Journal of Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Trncíková, Tereza ^a   Piskernik, Saša ^b   Kaclíková, Eva ^a   Možina, Sonja Smole ^b   Kuchta, Tomáš ^a   Jeršek, Barbara ^b  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin; Food poisoning; Real time PCR; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78149441101     PISSN: 13368672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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