Incidence of toxigenic Escherichia coli in soft cheese made with raw or pasteurized milk

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-295

  Quinto, E J ^a,b   Cepeda, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY PRODUCTS; PASTEURIZATION;

COWS' MILK; E. COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC; PASTEURIZED MILK; RAW MILK; RAW MILK CHEESE; SEROGROUPS; SOFT CHEESE; TOXIGENIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; MILK; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030897193     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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