Sensitivity of pathogenic and attenuated E. coli O157:H7 strains to ultraviolet-C light as assessed by conventional plating methods and ethidium monoazide-PCR

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Yan, Ruixiang ^a,b   Liu, Yanhong ^a   Gurtler, Joshua B ^a   Killinger, Karen ^c   Fan, Xuetong ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Preservation of Agricultural Products   (China)

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

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EID: 85011360801     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12346     Document Type: Article

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