Microbial contamination of fruit and vegetables and their disinfection

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1902-1905

  Oie, Shigeharu ^a   Kiyonaga, Hiroko ^a   Matsuzaka, Yuuki ^a   Maeda, Kumiko ^a   Masuda, Yuki ^a   Tasaka, Katsuko ^a   Aritomi, Sanae ^a   Yamashita, Akiko ^a   Kamiya, Akira ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Fruit; Microbial contamination; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WASHING; FRUIT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VEGETABLE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 53549122274     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.31.1902     Document Type: Article

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