Microflora of minimally processed frozen vegetables sold in Gaborone, Botswana

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2581-2586

  Manani, Tinna A ^a   Collison, Ernest K ^b   Mpuchane, Sisai ^b  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; PISUM SATIVUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33751215545     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.11.2581     Document Type: Article

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