Efficacy of a sanitizer and disinfectants to inactivate Encephalitozoon intestinalis spores

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 681-684

  Ortega, Ynes R ^a   Torres, Maria P ^a   Van Exel, Siara ^a   Moss, Lauren ^a   Cama, Vitaliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 33947365180     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.3.681     Document Type: Article

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