Bacterial Biofilms on Food Contact Surfaces - a Review

Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Myszka, Kamila ^a   Czaczyk, Katarzyna ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biofilm; Extracellular matrix; Food processing; Preventing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80051777488     PISSN: 12300322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10222-011-0018-4     Document Type: Review

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