Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes in cooked ham by virulent bacteriophages and protective cultures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6944-6946

  Holck, A ^a   Berg, J ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOKED HAM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES; PROTECTIVE CULTURES;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MEAT; SAMPLING; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKED FOOD; FOOD STORAGE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIOPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 70350492808     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00926-09     Document Type: Article

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