Incidence of Listeria spp. in fish and environment of fish markets in Northern Greece

Food Control

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 554-557

  Soultos, Nikolaos ^a   Abrahim, Amin ^a   Papageorgiou, Konstantinos ^a   Steris, Vasilios ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fish; Greece; Incidence; Listeria spp.

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33749660353     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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