Bacteriophages - New weapons for food safety

Food Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 46-54

  Hagens, Steven ^a   Offerhaus, Mark L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 43249109276     PISSN: 00156639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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