Molecular and metabolic typing of resident and transient fluorescent pseudomonad flora from a meat mincer

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1515-1519

  Michiels, Chris W ^a   Schellekens, Mia ^a   Soontjens, Carine C F ^a   Hauben, Kristel J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Fluorescent pseudomonads; Food processing environment; Hygiene; Molecular and metabolic fingerprint

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031472494     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.12.1515     Document Type: Article

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