Biofilm formation by shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli O157:H7 and non-O157 strains and their tolerance to sanitizers commonly used in the food processing environment

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1418-1428

  Wang, Rong ^a   Bono, James L ^a   Kalchayanand, Norasak ^a   Shackelford, Steven ^a   Harhay, Dayna M ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864425682     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-427     Document Type: Article

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