Biofilm formation and sanitizer resistance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains isolated from "high event period" meat contamination

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1982-1987

  Wang, Rong ^a   Kalchayanand, Norasak ^a   King, David A ^a   Luedtke, Brandon E ^a   Bosilevac, Joseph M ^a   Arthur, Terrance M ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOFILM; BOVINAE; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; MEAT;

EID: 84911458864     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-253     Document Type: Article

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