Attachment of Listeria monocytogenes on ready-to-eat meats

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 456-462

  Foong, Sally C C ^a   Dickson, James S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2142812394     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.3.456     Document Type: Article

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