Reduction of Brochothrix rheumosphacta on beef surfaces following immobilization of nisin in calcium alginate gels

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-12

  Cutter, C N ^a   Siragusa, G R ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CALCIUM; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

% REDUCTIONS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFTER-TREATMENT; ALGINATE GEL; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BACTERIOCINS; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM ALGINATE GELS; IMMOBILISATION; TISSUE SAMPLES;

TISSUE;

BACTERIOCIN; CALCIUM ALGINATE; NISIN; ALGINIC ACID; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMOBILIZATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GLUCURONIC ACID; GRAM-POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS RODS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MEAT; NISIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029666312     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00018.x     Document Type: Article

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