Occurrence and characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila and Yersinia enterocolitica in minimally processed fresh vegetable salads

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-398

  Xanthopoulos, V ^b   Tzanetakis, N ^a   Litopoulou Tzanetaki, Evanthia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Food Safety Authority EFET   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Ready to eat salads; SDS PAGE; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 71649091900     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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