Cellulose as an extracellular matrix component present in Enterobacter sakazakii biofilms

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Grimm, Maya ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a   Iversen, Carol ^a   Manzardo, Giuseppe G G ^b   Rattei, Thomas ^c   Riedel, Kathrin ^a   Ruepp, Andreas ^d   Frishman, Dmitrij ^c   Lehner, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38349016973     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.1.13     Document Type: Article

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