Minimum growth temperatures of Hafnia alvei and other Enterobacteriaceae isolated from refrigerated meat determined with a temperature gradient incubator

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-292

  Ridell, Jouko ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Hafnia alvei; Minimum growth temperature; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FREEZING; HAFNIA ALVEI; INCUBATOR; MEAT; NONHUMAN; SERRATIA; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; COLD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MEAT; SERRATIA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030930898     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(96)01248-2     Document Type: Article

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