Influence of Extended Acid Stressing in Fresh Beef Decontamination Runoff Fluids on Sanitizer Resistance of Acid-Adapted Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Biofilms

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2258-2266

  Stopforth, Jarret D ^a   Samelis, John ^a,b   Sofos, John N ^a   Kendall, Patricia A ^a   Smith, Gary C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0344735774     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.12.2258     Document Type: Article

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