Changes in Heat Resistance Resulting from pH and Nutritional Shifts of Acid-Adapted and Non-Acid-Adapted Listeria monocytogenes Scott A

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 316-321

  Bayles, Darrell O ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0442328864     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.2.316     Document Type: Article

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