Rapid identification and typing of <it>Yersinia pestis </it>and other <it>Yersinia </it>species by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Accurate identification is necessary to discriminate harmless environmental <it>Yersinia </it>species from the food-borne pathogens <it>Yersinia enterocolitica </it>and <it>Yersinia pseudotuberculosis &l...

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Main Authors: Drancourt Michel, Raoult Didier, Flaudrops Christophe, Ayyadurai Saravanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/285