Biofilms in the food and beverage industries: An introduction

Biofilms in the Food and Beverage Industries

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-41

  Cloete, E ^a   Molobela, I ^a   Van Der Merwe, A ^a   Richards, M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); VIRUSES;

ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; BIOFILM FORMATION; COMMON KNOWLEDGE; E. COLI; FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY; LEGIONELLA; LIVING ORGANISMS; PLANKTONIC MICROBES;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 84860548992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845697167.1.3     Document Type: Chapter

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