Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in bruised apple (Malus domestica) tissue as influenced by cultivar, date of harvest, and source

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1077-1083

  Dingman, Douglas W ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTIVAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GROWTH INHIBITION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PH; STORAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEVERAGES; CARBOHYDRATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ROSALES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034009095     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1077-1083.2000     Document Type: Article

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