Growth and exotoxin production at low temperatures by Aeromonas strains in meat slurries

Microbios

Volumn 85, Issue 343, 1996, Pages 105-115

  Majeed, K N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Aeromonas sobria; Enterotoxin; Haemolysin; Lipase; Meat slurries; Protease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; EXOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

AEROMONAS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BUTTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; TEMPERATURE;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BUTTER; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTEROTOXINS; EXOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIPASE; MEAT; MICE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029685232     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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