Cold temperature growth of clinical and food isolates of Bacillus cereus

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1256-1258

  Foegeding, P M ^a   Berry, E D ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bacillus cereus; Cold temperature growth; Psychotroph

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 0030666096     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.10.1256     Document Type: Article

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