Ecological factors influencing survival and growth of human pathogens on raw fruits and vegetables

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-423

  Beuchat, Larry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruits; Human pathogens; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; HUMANS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036218277     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(02)01555-1     Document Type: Review

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