Cork stoppers industry: Defining appropriate mould colonization

Microbiological Research

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-124

  Oliveira, A C ^a   Peres, C M ^a   Correia Pires, J M ^a   Silva Pereira, C ^a   Vitorino, S ^a   Figueiredo Marques, J J ^a,b   Barreto Crespo, M T ^a   San Romao M V ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b Estacao Agronomica Nacional   (Portugal)

^c Estacao Vitivinicola Nacional   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cork stopper industry; Mould colonization; Mould identification; Occupational health; Wine quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; METAL MOLDING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

MOLD COLONIZATION;

CONTAINER CLOSURES;

FOOD SCIENCE; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY;

CHRYSONILIA SITOPHILA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA SITOPHILA;

EID: 0041848582     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-5013-00183     Document Type: Article

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