Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods from supermarkets in Southern Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Pinto, Angela Di ^a   Novelleo, Lucia ^a   Montemurro, Filomena ^a   Bonerba, Elisabetta ^a   Tantillo, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

L. Monocytogenes; Rte foods; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY; ANALYSIS; PRODUCT SAFETY;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FAST FOODS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 77957082207     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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