Microbiological quality of street-vended indian chaats sold in bangalore

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-260

  Das, Arijit ^a   Nagananda, G S ^a   Bhattacharya, Sourav ^a   Bhardwaj, Shilpi ^a  

^a JAIN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bhelpuri; Contamination; Indian chaats; Panipuri; Street foods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEVERAGE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SACCHAROMYCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA SP.; MUCOR; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; RHIZOPUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77954278619     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2010.255.260     Document Type: Article

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