Occurrence and virulence characteristics of aeromonas species in meat, milk and fish in India

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-469

  Manna, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Maurye, Praveen ^a   Dutta, Chandraval ^b   Samanta, Gopal ^c  

^a ICAR CENTRAL INLAND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^c WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS VERONII; AEROMONAS VERONII BV. SOBRIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRINIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TILAPIA;

EID: 84887409876     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12077     Document Type: Article

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