Individual cell lag time distributions of Cronobacter (Enterobacter sakazakii) and impact of pooling samples on its detection in powdered infant formula

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 648-655

  Miled, Rabeb Bennour ^a   Guillier, Laurent ^a   Neves, Sandra ^a   Augustin, Jean Christophe ^b   Colin, Pierre ^c   Besse, Nathalie Gnanou ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c Ecole Superieure de Microbiologie et Securite Alimentaire de Brest   (France)

Author keywords

Cronobacter; Detection; Enterobacter sakazakii; Growth; Lag time; Pooling; Powdered infant food formula

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79954607882     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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