Utilization of fluorogenic assay for rapid detection of Escherichia coli in acidic fruit juice

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1943-1948

  Pao, Steven ^a   Davis, Craig L ^b   Friedrich, Loretta M ^b   Parish, Mickey E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036909103     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-65.12.1943     Document Type: Article

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