Molecular analysis of the Enterobacter sakazakii O-antigen gene locus.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on April 25, 2008

Authors

N Mullane1, P O'Gaora, J E Nally, C Iversen, P Whyte, P G Wall, S Fanning

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1: Centres for Food Safety & Food-borne Zoonomics, UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

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