Control of foodborne pathogens on fresh-cut fruit by a novel strain of Pseudomonas graminis

Food Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 390-399

  Alegre, Isabel ^a   Viñas, Inmaculada ^a   Usall, Josep ^b   Teixidó, Neus ^b   Figge, Marian J ^c   Abadias, Maribel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Biopreservation; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Listeria innocua; Minimally processed fruit; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVALUATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA; MALUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRUNUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA;

ANTIBIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; LISTERIA; MALUS; PRUNUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS GRAMINIS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84875648489     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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