Populations of pseudomonads and related bacteria associated with bottled non-carbonated mineral water

Food Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-176

  Jayasekara, N Y ^a   Heard, G M ^a   Cox, J M ^a   Fleet, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ACIDOVORAX DELAFIELDII; AGAR; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREVUNDIMONAS VESICULARIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA PICKETTII; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLAVIMONAS ORYZIHABITANS; FOOD SAFETY; METHYLOBACTERIUM MESOPHILICUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032055715     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fmic.1997.0146     Document Type: Article

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