Biosafety of Campylobacter jejuni from Raw Vegetables Consumed as Ulam with Reference to their Resistance to Antibiotics

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-134

  Chai, L C ^a   Fatimah, A B ^a   Ghazali, F M ^a   Lee, H Y ^a   Tunung, R ^a   Shamsinar, A T ^b   Laila, R A S ^b   Thahirahtul, A Z ^b   Malakar, P M ^c   Nakaguchi, Y ^d   Nishibuchi, M ^d   Son, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; clustering analysis; ulam; vegetables

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 56749174733     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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