Bacterial communities associated with retail alfalfa sprouts

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 200-204

  Loui, Cindy ^a   Grigoryan, Grigor ^a   Huang, Haohao ^a   Riley, Lee W ^a   Lu, Sangwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MORAXELLACEAE; OXALOBACTERACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

EID: 38349078818     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.1.200     Document Type: Article

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