Potential of houseflies to contaminate ready-to-eat food with antibiotic-resistant enterococci

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 435-439

  Macovei, Lilia ^a   Miles, Brett ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 39149106097     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.2.435     Document Type: Article

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