Insights into the role of quorum sensing in food spoilage

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1510-1525

  Ammor, Mohammed Salim ^a   Michaelidis, Christos ^a   Nychas, George John E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 46949106897     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.7.1510     Document Type: Review

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