Growth rates of mesophilic bacteria, aerobic psychrotrophic bacteria, and lactic acid bacteria in low-dose-irradiated pork

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1297-1302

  Venugopal, Raveendran J ^a   Dickson, James S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; PORK;

EID: 0033230442     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-62.11.1297     Document Type: Article

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