Growth of Aeromonas hydrophila in the whey cheeses Myzithra, Anthotyros, and Manouri during storage at 4 and 12°C

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-314

  Papageorgiou, Demetrios K ^a   Melas, Dimitrios S ^a   Abrahim, Amin ^a   Angelidis, Apostolos S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 33244494635     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.2.308     Document Type: Article

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