Incidence and growth of Listeria monocytogenes in persimmon (Diospyros kaki) fruit

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Uchima, C A ^a   de Castro, M F P M ^a   Gallo, C R ^b   Rezende, A C B ^a   Benato, E R ^a   Penteado, A L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food safety; Growth modeling; Listeria monocytogenes; Persimmon fruit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DIOSPYROS KAKI; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERSIMMON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIOSPYROS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 48049124756     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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