Incidence of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis in foods in the Netherlands

Food Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-58

  Te Giffel, M C ^a   Beumer, R R ^a   Leijendekkers, S ^a   Rombouts, F M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; THEOBROMA CACAO; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030087509     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fmic.1996.0007     Document Type: Article

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