Evaluation of methods to assess the biofilm-forming ability of listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1411-1417

  Lourenço, António ^a,b   Rego, Francisco ^c   Brito, Luisa ^b   Frank, Joseph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84864494859     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-464     Document Type: Article

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