Microbial Ecology and Spoilage of Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products

Handbook of Poultry Science and Technology: Volume 2

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 485-493

  Vihavainen, Elina J ^a   Björkroth, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Microbial ecology and spoilage of poultry meat and poultry meat products; Off odors and off flavors, slime formation, color and texture changes, and gas formation very typical bacterial spoilage changes; Shewanella putrefaciens gram negative organisms associated with spoilage of aerobically stored poultry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052314549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470504475.ch32     Document Type: Chapter

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