Lethality of chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and a commercial fruit and vegetable sanitizer to vegetative cells and spores of Bacillus cereus and spores of Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1702-1708

  Beuchat, Larry R ^a   Pettigrew, Charles A ^b   Tremblay, Mario E ^b   Roselle, Brian J ^b   Scouten, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4043052972     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.8.1702     Document Type: Article

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