Survival of acid-adapted and non-adapted Staphylococcus aureus in various food samples

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-27

  Erdoǧrul, Özlem ^a   Erbilir, Feryal ^a   Toroǧlu, Sevil ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid adaptation; Food products; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33645673202     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03174965     Document Type: Article

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