Listeria
Subtitle: A Practical Approach to the Organism and Its Control in Foods (Practical Food Microbiology Series)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: March 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781405106184
Subjects: Food & beverage technology; Public health & preventive medicine; Research; Listeriosis; Foodborne diseases; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Prevention; Microbiology; Food Science; Toxicology; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD_MICROBIOLOGY; Technology / Food Industry & Science; Food; Listeria; Listeria monocytogenes
First sentence: Listeria monocytogenes has been recognized as an animal pathogen for over 70 years (Murray et al., 1926) and, until comparatively recently, was not regarded as a significant foodborne pathogen; consequently, it had not received much attention from the food industry.