Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in frozen burger patties in Malaysia

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1751-1756

  Wong, W C ^a   Pui, C F ^a   Tunung, R ^a   Cheah, Y K ^a   Nakaguchi, Y ^b   Nishibuchi, M ^b   Son, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burger patties; Listeria monocytogenes; MPN PCR; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84870502011     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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