Effect of Ozone on the inactivation of Yersinia enterocolitica and the reduction of natural flora on potatoes

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2357-2363

  Selma, María Victoria ^a   Beltrán, David ^a   Chacón Vera, Eliseo ^b   Gil, María Isabel ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 33750524239     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.10.2357     Document Type: Article

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