Effects of mild and pasteurizing heat treatments on survival of generic and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli from beef enrichment cultures

Food Control

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-104

  Yang, Xianqin ^a   Badoni, Madhu ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Gill, Colin O ^a  

^a LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decontaminating treatments; Propidium monoazide; Sodium deoxycholate; Viable real time PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888081242     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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