The sanitizing action of essential oil-based solutions against Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis S64 biofilm formation on AISI 304 stainless steel

Food Control

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 673-677

  Valeriano, Carolina ^a   de Oliveira, Thales Leandro Coutinho ^b   de Carvalho, Stephan Malfitano ^a   Cardoso, Maria das Graças ^a   Alves, Eduardo ^a   Piccoli, Roberta Hilsdorf ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biofouling; Cymbopogon citratus; Mentha piperita

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; MENTHA X PIPERITA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 84455172423     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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