Effects of X-ray radiation on Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica and Shigella flexneri inoculated on shredded iceberg lettuce

Food Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Mahmoud, Barakat S M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157: H7; Inactivation; Listeria monocytogenes; Pathogens; Salmonella enterica and Shigella flexneri; Shredded iceberg lettuce; X ray radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD IRRADIATION; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; X RAY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD IRRADIATION; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; X-RAYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 70449100750     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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