Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility, and virulence factors of Yersinia enterocolitica and related species from ready-to-eat vegetables available in Korea

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1123-1127

  Lee, Tex Soo ^a   Lee, Soon Won ^a   Seok, Won Seok ^a   Yoo, Mi Young ^b   Yoon, Jae Won ^b   Park, Boo Kil ^b   Moon, Kwang Deog ^c   Oh, Deog Hwan ^b  

^a Inst Hlth Environ of Kangwondo   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA FREDERIKSENII; YERSINIA INTERMEDIA; YERSINIA KRISTENSENII;

EID: 2942532244     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.6.1123     Document Type: Article

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