Comparison of different most-probable-number methods for enumeration of Listeria in poultry

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Capita, Rosa ^a,b   Alonso Calleja, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; LISTERIA;

EID: 0037216945     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.1.65     Document Type: Article

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