Comparison of five anaerobic incubation methods for enumeration of Clostridium perfringens from foods

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1041-1044

  Riley, Anita ^b   Kang, Dong Hyun ^a,b   Fung, Daniel Y C ^b  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD PRODUCT; FUNG DOUBLE TUBE; MICROTITER;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0033198480     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-62.9.1041     Document Type: Article

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