Microbial ecology of fermented sausages and dry-cured meats

Fermented Meat Products: Health Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 127-166

  Danilović, Bojana ^a   Savić, Dragiša ^a  

^a Faculty of Technology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dry cured meat; Fermented sausages; Gram positive catalase positive cocci; Lactic acid bacteria; Molds; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048579162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781315369846     Document Type: Chapter

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