Thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in salad vegetables in Malaysia

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-111

  Chai, Lay Ching ^a   Robin, Tunung ^a   Ragavan, Usha Menon ^a   Gunsalam, Jurin Wolmon ^a   Bakar, Fatimah Abu ^a   Ghazali, Farinazleen Mohamad ^a   Radu, Son ^a   Kumar, Malakar Pradeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Retail outlets; Salad vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARKET; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

CAMPYLOBACTER; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 34248212133     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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