Quantitative analysis of mycoflora on commercial domestic fruits in Japan

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1488-1499

  Watanabe, Maiko ^a   Tsutsumi, Fumiyuki ^b   Konuma, Rumi ^c   Lee, Ken Ichi ^d   Kawarada, Kensuke ^c   Sugita Konishi, Yoshiko ^a   Kumagai, Susumu ^d   Takatori, Kosuke ^e   Konuma, Hirotaka ^b   Hara Kudo, Yukiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Research Institute   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Center for Fungal Consultation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; FUNGI; HUMANS; JAPAN;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ASPERGILLUS; AUREOBASIDIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CUCUMIS MELO; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA VAR. CULTA; SPOROBOLOMYCES (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); VACCINIUM; VITACEAE;

EID: 80052497978     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-485     Document Type: Article

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