Prevalence and genetic diversity of Bacillus cereus in dried red pepper in Korea

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 917-922

  Choo, Euiyoung ^a   Sung, Sik Jang ^a   Kyumson, Kim ^a   Lee, Kwang Geun ^b   Sunggi, Heu ^c   Ryu, Sangryeol ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 34247209218     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.4.917     Document Type: Article

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