Monitoring psychrotrophic lactic acid bacteria contamination in a ready-to-eat vegetable salad production environment

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 185, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-16

  Pothakos, Vasileios ^a   Snauwaert, Cindy ^a   De Vos, Paul ^a   Huys, Geert ^a   Devlieghere, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. gasicomitatum; Psychrotrophic LAB; Source tracking; Spoilage; Vegetable salads

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BEETROOT; BROCCOLI; CABBAGE; CARROT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CUCUMBER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LEEK; LETTUCE; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN; ONION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWEET PEPPER; VEGETABLE; ZUCCHINI;

LEUCONOSTOC GELIDUM SUBSP. GASICOMITATUM; PSYCHROTROPHIC LAB; SOURCE TRACKING; SPOILAGE; VEGETABLE SALADS;

BIODIVERSITY; CAPSICUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEUCONOSTOC; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84902248144     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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