Bacillus cereus - A foodborne pathogen of different risk potential for the dairy industry;Bacillus cereus - Ein problemkeim der milchwirtschaft mit unterschiedlich eingeschätztem risikopotenzial

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 25-33

  Schoder, Dagmar ^a,b   Zangerl, Peter ^b   Manafi, Mohammad ^a,b   Wagner, Martin ^a,b   Lindner, Gunter ^b,c   Foissy, Helmut ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Bundesanstalt für Alpenländische Milchwirtschaft ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Dairy products; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33947318794     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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