Metabolism of phenylpropionic acid in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli belonging to serogroup O111 and its application for diagnosis
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- 16 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 204 (1) , 105-110
Abstract
We evaluated a biochemical assay based on the ability to metabolise β-phenylpropionic acid (PPA) as a diagnostic aid in the identification of typicalKeywords
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