Incidence of Clostridium botulinum in crabmeat from the blue crab.
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The incidence of Clostridium botulinum in fresh crabmeat of blue crab was six out of 986 samples; in pasteurized crabmeat one sample out of 1,000 contained the organism.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied microbiology
دوره 28 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974