Protective Cultures

Decontamination of Fresh and Minimally Processed Produce

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 297-316

  Gálvez, Antonio ^a   Pulido, Rubén Pérez ^a   Abriouel, Hikmate ^a   Omar, Nabil Ben ^a   Grande Burgos, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biopreservation; Food safety; Food spoilage; Microbial antagonism; Produce; Protective cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886538204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118229187.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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