Prevalence of Very Low Numbers of Potential Pathogenic Isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia intermedia in Traditional Fast Foods of India

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 461-468

  Divya, K H ^a   Varadaraj, M C ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

PCR detection; Virulence determinants; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersinia intermedia

Indexed keywords

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INTERMEDIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 80054091288     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-011-0181-7     Document Type: Article

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