Impact of Cold and Cold-Acid Stress on Poststress Tolerance and Virulence Factor Expression of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Elhanafi, D ^a   Leenanon, B ^a   Bang, W ^a   Drake, M A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0346335927     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.1.19     Document Type: Article

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