Acid tolerance of acid-adapted and nonadapted Escherichia coli O157:H7 following habituation (10°C) in fresh beef decontamination runoff fluids of different pH values

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 638-645

  Samelis, John ^a,b   Kendall, Patricia ^a   Smith, Gary C ^a   Sofos, John N ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 1842476114     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.4.638     Document Type: Article

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