An assessment of pasteurization treatment of water, media, and milk with respect to Bacillus spores

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 751-757

  Novak, John S ^a,b   Call, Jeffrey ^a   Tomasula, Peggy ^a   Luchansky, John B ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 17144369213     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.4.751     Document Type: Article

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