The prevalence and molecular typing of Clostridium perfringens in ground beef and sheep meats

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-128

  Guran, Husnu Sahan ^a   Vural, Aydin ^a   Erkan, Mehmet Emin ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; Ground meat; Multiplex PCR; Prevalence; Toxin genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901594097     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-014-0866-z     Document Type: Article

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