Growth and inhibition by spices of growth from spores of enterotoxigenic Bacillus cereus in cooked rice

Food Control

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-64

  Hariram, Upasana ^a   Labbé, Ronald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Enterotoxin; Rice; Spices; Spores

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951292898     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.12.024     Document Type: Article

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