Enumeration of bacterial and yeast colonists of apple fruits and identification of epiphytic yeasts on pear fruits in the Pacific Northwest United States

Microbiological Research

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-432

  Chand Goyal, T ^a   Spotts, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Malus; Pyrus

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM INFIRMOMINIATUM; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; RHODOTORULA AURANTIACA; RHODOTORULA FUJISANENSIS; RHODOTORULA MINUTA; SPOROBOLOMYCES ROSEUS;

EID: 0030482346     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(96)80013-9     Document Type: Article

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