Microbiota on spoiled vegetables and their characterization

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1350-1358

  Lee, Dong Hwan ^a   Kim, Jin Beom ^a   Kim, Mihyun ^a   Roh, Eunjung ^a   Jung, Kyusuk ^a   Choi, Minseon ^b   Oh, Changsik ^b   Choi, Jaehyuk ^a   Yun, Jongchul ^a   Heu, Sunggi ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84882248776     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-439     Document Type: Article

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