Control of Listeria monocytogenes in the rind of Taleggio, a surface-smear cheese, by a bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecium 7C5

Sciences des Aliments

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-391

  Giraffa, Giorgio ^a   Carminati, Domenico ^a  

^a Laboratory of Microbiology   (Italy)

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EID: 0011532398     PISSN: 02408813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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