An in situ method for determining bacterial survival on food preparation surfaces using a redox dye

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 325-328

  Barnes, B I ^a   Cassar, C A ^a   Halablab, M A ^a   Parkinson, N H ^a   Miles, R J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CERAMIC TILE; FOOD PREPARATION; IN-SITU METHODS; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; OPAQUE FILMS; REDOX DYES; SIMPLE METHOD; SURFACE EXPOSURE; SURFACE INTERFACES; TEST SURFACES;

BACTERIA;

DYE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029808737     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00200.x     Document Type: Article

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