Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of Listeria spp. isolated from raw meat and retail foods

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 708-713

  Pesavento, G ^a   Ducci, B ^a   Nieri, D ^a   Comodo, N ^a   Lo Nostro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Dairy foods; Incidence; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp.; Meat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 73549097079     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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