Inactivation of Enterobacter sakazakii in reconstituted infant formula by monocaprylin

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2815-2819

  Mohan Nair, Manoj Kumar ^a   Joy, Jennifer ^a   Venkitanarayanan, Kumar S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 10344219990     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-67.12.2815     Document Type: Article

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