Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to monitor a five-strain mixture of Listeria monocytogenes in frankfurter packages

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1465-1468

  Porto, Anna C S ^a,b   Wonderling, Laura ^a   Call, Jeffrey E ^a   Luchansky, John B ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0042978724     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.8.1465     Document Type: Article

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