Attachment of Listeria monocytogenes to an austenitic stainless steel after welding and accelerated corrosion treatments

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1527-1532

  Mai, Tam L ^a   Sofyan, Nofrijon I ^b   Fergus, Jeffrey W ^b   Gale, William F ^b   Conner, Donald E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33746228124     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.7.1527     Document Type: Article

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