Association of micro-organisms with the inner surfaces of bottles of non-carbonated mineral waters

Food Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-128

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEVERAGE; BIOFILM GROWTH; BOTTLE; DECONTAMINATION; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MINERAL WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWEEN; WASHING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACIDOVORAX DELAFIELDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; BREVUNDIMONAS VESICULARIS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM MESOPHILICUM; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0033118473     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fmic.1998.0228     Document Type: Article

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