Ultrasonic cleaning of conveyor belt materials using Listeria monocytogenes as a model organism

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 758-761

  Tolvanen, Riina ^a,c   Lundén, Janne ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a   Wirtanen, Gun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33947377105     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.3.758     Document Type: Article

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