Modeling the growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon

Food Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-55

  Danyluk, Michelle D ^a   Friedrich, Loretta M ^a   Schaffner, Donald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantaloupe; Fresh cut; Growth rate; Honeydew; Listeria; Melon; Modeling; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANTALOUPE; CHEMISTRY; CITRULLUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FRESH-CUT; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HONEYDEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MELON; MICROBIOLOGY; MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WATERMELON;

CANTALOUPE; FRESH-CUT; GROWTH RATE; HONEYDEW; LISTERIA; MELON; MODELING; WATERMELON;

CITRULLUS; CUCUMIS MELO; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84883644515     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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