Native microflora in fresh-cut produce processing plants and their potentials for biofilm formation

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 827-832

  Liu, Nancy T ^a,b   Lefcourt, Alan M ^b   Nou, Xiangwu ^b   Shelton, Daniel R ^b   Zhang, Guodong ^c   Lo, Y Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RAHNELLA AQUATILIS; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA INSIDIOSA;

EID: 84878363947     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-433     Document Type: Article

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