UV-C doses to reduce pathogen and spoilage bacterial growth in vitro and in baby spinach

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-231

  Escalona, Víctor H ^a   Aguayo, Encarna ^b   Martínez Hernández, Ginés B ^b   Artés, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fresh cut; Listeria monocytogenes; Microbial counts; Safety; Salmonella enterica; Spinacia oleracea L.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS MARGINALIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 77949656066     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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