Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of enterococci in retail foods

Food Control

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-283

  Koluman, Ahmet ^a,b   Akan, Lale Sariye ^b   Çakiroǧlu, Funda Pinar ^b  

^a TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Enterococci; Retail food; VRE

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PIPER NIGRUM;

EID: 53949096957     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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