Efficacy of antimicrobial agents in lettuce leaf processing water for control of Escherichia coli O157.H7

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1392-1397

  Zhang, Guodong ^a   Ma, Li ^a   Phelan, Vanessa H ^a   Doyle, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

EID: 67650895448     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.7.1392     Document Type: Article

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