Internalization of Salmonella enterica by tomato fruit

Food Control

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-150

  Bartz, Jerry A ^b   Yuk, Hyun Gyun ^e   Mahovic, Michael J ^c   Warren, Benjamin R ^d   Sreedharan, Aswathy ^a   Schneider, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Land O'Lakes Inc   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Disinfectant; Infiltration; Internalization; Salmonellosis; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84924556677     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.02.046     Document Type: Review

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