Decontamination of objects in a sealed container by means of atmospheric pressure plasmas

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1296-1301

  Leipold, F ^a   Schultz Jensen, N ^a   Kusano, Y ^a   Bindslev, H ^a   Jacobsen, T ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); Listeria; Ozone; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79953783586     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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