Shelf-life extension of vacuum-packaged sea bream (Sparus aurata) fillets by combined γ-irradiation and refrigeration: Microbiological, chemical and sensory changes

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 779-784

  Chouliara, Irene ^a   Savvaidis, Ioannis N ^a   Riganakos, Kyriakos ^a   Kontominas, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

irradiation; Sea bream; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRANIDAE; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 15544390133     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2021     Document Type: Article

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