Attachment strength to pork skin and resistance to quaternary ammonium salt and heat of Escherichia coli isolates recovered from a pork slaughter line

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2447-2450

  Namvar, Azadeh ^a   Warriner, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 27744516058     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.11.2447     Document Type: Article

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