Clostridium perfringens: Hazards in new generation foods

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-132

  Novak, John S ^a   Juneja, Vijay K ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Enterotoxin; Food; Illness; Spore

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH RATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAT TOLERANCE; INFECTION; MEAT; METABOLIC BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PH; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0036083795     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1466-8564(02)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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