Occurrence of Vibrio spp. in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the German Wadden Sea

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-300

  Lhafi, Soumaya Katherine ^a   Kühne, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Lower Saxony Federal State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. coli; Germany; Mytilus edulis; Shellfish; Vibrio spp.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOW TEMPERATURE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYTILUS EDULIS; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 33947601803     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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