Enumeration and confirmation of Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas caviae, and Aeromonas sobria isolated from raw milk and other milk products in northern Greece

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 463-466

  Melas, Dimitrios S ^a   Papageorgiou, Demetrios K ^a   Mantis, Antonios I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD SAFETY; GREECE;

AEROMONAS CAVIAE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA;

EID: 0033134917     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-62.5.463     Document Type: Article

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