Transfer of salmonella montevideo onto the interior surfaces of tomatoes by cutting

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 858-863

  Lin, Chia Min ^a   Wei, Cheng I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Salmonella montevideo; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS MELO; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR MONTEVIDEO;

EID: 0030861174     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-60.7.858     Document Type: Article

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