Nisin treatments to control Listeria monocytogenes post-processing contamination on Anthotyros, a traditional Greek whey cheese, stored at 4°C in vacuum packages

Food Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 661-669

  Samelis, J ^a   Kakouri, A ^a   Rogga, K J ^b   Savvaidis, I N ^b   Kontominas, M G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthotyros; Listeria monocytogenes; Nisin; Whey cheeses

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242456785     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(03)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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