Survival characteristics of cronobacter spp. in model bovine gut and in the environment

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-675

  Molloy, Catherine ^a   Cagney, Claire ^a   Fanning, Séamus ^b   Duffy, Geraldine ^a  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FECES; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SOIL; STOMACH JUICE;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUMEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; BOVINAE; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 77953785734     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0449     Document Type: Article

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