Genetic diversity of Cronobacter sakazakii isolates collected from a swiss infant formula production facility

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 883-887

  Müller, Andrea ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a   Fricker Feer, Claudia ^b   Lehner, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Hochdorf Nutritec AG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84878349016     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-521     Document Type: Article

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