Determination of viable bacterial populations in raw milk within 20 minutes by using a direct epifluorescent filter technique

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 874-876

  Champagne, Claude P ^a   Gardner, Nancy J ^a   Fontaine, Julie ^b   Richard, Jacques ^b  

^a FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Bureau 600   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria in milk; DEFT; Petrifilm(TM); Quality control; Rapid method; Raw milk

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030858974     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.7.874     Document Type: Article

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