Antibacterial potential of Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from sous-vide cooked fish fillets

Food Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 525-536

  Ben Embarek, P K ^a   Jeppesen, V F ^a   Huss, H H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0028312021     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fmic.1994.1060     Document Type: Article

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