Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground apples used in cider production

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1372-1374

  Fisher, Tomeka L ^a   Golden, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLE; CIDER; CULTIVAR; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PH; SURVIVAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032192294     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.10.1372     Document Type: Article

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