Comparison of the attachment of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Pseudomonas fluorescens to lettuce leaves

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1433-1437

  Takeuchi, K ^a   Matute, C M ^a   Hassan, A N ^a   Frank, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING SITE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GENETIC STRAIN; LETTUCE; PLATE COUNT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033775856     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-63.10.1433     Document Type: Article

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