Assessment of contamination potential of lettuce by Salmonella enterica serovar Newport added to the plant growing medium

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1717-1722

  Bernstein, Nirit ^a   Sela, Shlomo ^b   Neder Lavon, Sarit ^a,b  

^a Water Environ Sci   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARYA MYRISTICIFORMIS; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR NEWPORT;

EID: 34447514347     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.7.1717     Document Type: Article

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