Survey of psychrotrophic bacterial pathogens in minimally processed lettuce

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 456-460

  Szabo, E A ^a   Scurrah, K J ^a   Burrows, J M ^a   Szabo, L ^b  

^a Coop Res Ctr for Intl Food M ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; GENES; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; SCREENING;

AEROBIC PLATE COUNTS; AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; COLONY FORMING UNITS; MINIMALLY PROCESSED; PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL; PATHOGENIC SPECIES; PROCESSED LETTUCE; PRODUCTION FACILITY; YERSINIAE;

LETTUCE;

ENTEROTOXIN; INVASIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; SEROLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS CAVIAE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTUCA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0034044592     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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