Incidence of amine forming bacteria in the commercial fish samples of Tuticorin region

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-150

  Shakila, R Jeya ^a   Lakshmanan, R ^a   Jeyasekaran, G ^a  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Amine forming bacteria; Commercial fish; Fresh seafood; Incidence; Salt dried fishes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042194595     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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