An 8-year surveillance of the diversity and persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in a chilled food processing plant analyzed by amplified fragment length polymorphism

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1866-1873

  Keto Timonen, Riikka ^a   Tolvanen, Riina ^a   Lundén, Janne ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 34547787564     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.8.1866     Document Type: Article

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