Bacteriophage: Potential Role in Food Safety

Preharvest and Postharvest Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 365-374

  Huff, William E ^a   Huff, Gerry R ^a   Rath, Narayan C ^a   Balog, Janice M ^a   Donoghue, Annie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Food safety; Human infections; Protein coat; Viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944380292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752579.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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