Bacteriological quality of salad vegetables sold in Amravati City (India)

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-30

  Tambekar, D H ^a   Mundhada, R H ^a  

^a SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Coliforms; E. coli; Salad vegetable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD WASHING; HARVESTING; HEAT TREATMENT; INDIA; MARKET; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; ORCHARD; PLANT GROWTH; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33644540790     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.28.30     Document Type: Article

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