Variation in heat and pressure resistance of verotoxigenic and nontoxigenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-120

  Liu, Yang ^a   Gill, Alex ^b   McMullen, Lynn ^a   Gänzle, Michael G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BOVINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; MEAT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD HANDLING; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEAT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84920934654     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-267     Document Type: Article

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