Effect of relative humidity and storage temperature on the behavior of listeria monocytogenes on fresh vegetables

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 545-551

  Likotrafiti, Eleni ^a   Smirniotis, Petros ^a   Nastou, Aikaterini ^a   Rhoades, Jonathan ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PETROSELINUM; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM;

EID: 84887405859     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12087     Document Type: Article

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