Detection of Listeria in crawfish processing plants and in raw, whole crawfish and processed crawfish (Procambarus spp.)

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1735-1739

  Thimothe, J ^a   Walker, J ^b   Suvanich, V ^b   Gall, K L ^c   Moody, M W ^b   Wiedmann, M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK SEA GRANT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES; PROCAMBARUS;

EID: 0036841997     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-65.11.1735     Document Type: Article

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