Behavior of avirulent yersinia pestis in liquid whole egg as affected by storage temperature, antimicrobials and thermal pasteurization

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-557

  Gurtler, Joshua B ^a   Rivera, Rebecca B ^a   Zhang, Howard Q ^a   Sommers, Christopher H ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 77955264836     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2010.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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