Rhodotorula

Molecular Detection of Foodborne Pathogens

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 603-618

  Libkind, Diego ^a   Sampaio, José Paulo ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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