Investigation of the ability of proteolytic Clostridium botulinum to multiply and produce toxin in fresh Italian pasta

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 988-993

  Del Torre, Manuela ^a,b   Stecchini, Mara L ^a,b   Peck, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PASTA; PRODUCTION; TOXIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0032145450     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-61.8.988     Document Type: Article

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