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. 1992 Aug;58(8):2688–2690. doi: 10.1128/aem.58.8.2688-2690.1992

Direct isolation of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis from fresh water in Japan.

H Fukushima 1
PMCID: PMC195842  PMID: 1514818

Abstract

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was recovered from KOH-treated precipitates of 20.6% of 500 freshwater samples. KOH treatment of precipitates is a simple and expedient means of recovering Y. pseudotuberculosis from such samples.

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