Modeling survival of Listeria monocytogenes in the traditional Greek soft cheese Katiki

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1835-1845

  Mataragas, Marios ^a   Stergiou, Virginia ^a   Nychas, George John È ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 51949104768     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.9.1835     Document Type: Article

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