The microbial quality of processed date fruits collected from a factory in Al-Hofuf City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-112

  Hamad, Siddig Hussein ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Date fruits; Microbial contamination; Pathogens; Spoilage

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TORULASPORA; TORULASPORA DELBRUECKII; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES MELLIS;

EID: 84865631367     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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