Microbial Ecology

Decontamination of Fresh and Minimally Processed Produce

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-41

  Erickson, Marilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive bacteria; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Internalization; Moisture; Phyllosphere; Plant defenses; Preharvest; Produce; Rhizosphere; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880255511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118229187.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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