Surface Characteristics of Fresh Produce and their Impact on Attachment and Removal of Human Pathogens on Produce Surfaces

Decontamination of Fresh and Minimally Processed Produce

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-57

  Wang, Hua ^a   Zhou, Bin ^b   Feng, Hao ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fresh produce; Microbial attachment; Profilometer; Surface roughness; Surface topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887215419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118229187.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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