Biofilms associated with poultry processing equipment

Microbios

Volumn 86, Issue 347, 1996, Pages 105-116

  Lindsay, D ^a   Geornaras, I ^a   Von Holy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilms; Poultry processing equipment

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; EQUIPMENT; FOOD HANDLING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; POULTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POULTRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030344944     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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