Freeze-dried spinach powder inhibits growth of Listeria species and strains in tryptic soy broth

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 884-886

  Babic, Isabelle ^a,b   Watada, Alley E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Fresh cut; Microorganism; Spinacia oleracea

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0031905488     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.5.884     Document Type: Article

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