Salmonella and produce: Survival in the plant environment and implications in food safety

Virulence

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 573-579

  Fatica, Marianne K ^a   Schneider, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Foodborne outbreak; Plant environment; Produce; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; SALMONELLA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 82955239941     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.2.6.17880     Document Type: Article

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