Biofilm formation by spore-forming bacteria in food processing environments

Biofilms in the Food and Beverage Industries

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 270-299

  Lindsay, D ^a   Flint, S ^b  

^a FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781845697167.2.270     Document Type: Chapter

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