Incidence and susceptibility to antimicrobial agents of Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes isolated from poultry carcasses in Porto, Portugal

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1888-1893

  Antunes, Patrícia ^a   Réu, Cristina ^a   Sousa, João Carlos ^a   Pestana, Nazaré ^a   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI;

EID: 0036917734     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-65.12.1888     Document Type: Article

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