Inactivation of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis by Pulsed Electric Fields

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2833-2836

  Rowan, Neil J ^a   MacGregor, Scott J ^a   Anderson, John G ^a   Cameron, Douglas ^a   Farish, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ELECTRICITY; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CROHN DISEASE; ELECTRICITY; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035375268     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2833-2836.2001     Document Type: Article

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