Effect of storage temperatures on growth and survival of Escherichia coli O157: H7 inoculated in foods from a neotropical environment

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 517-524

  Arias, María Laura ^a   Monge Rojas, Rafael ^b   Chaves, Carolina ^a   Antillón, Florencia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Inst Costarricense Invest E   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Cabbage; Chicken giblets; Escherichia coli O157: H7; Meat; Milk; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MILK; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0035383394     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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