Role of osmolytes in adaptation of osmotically stressed and chill- stressed Listeria monocytogenes grown in liquid media and on processed meat surfaces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3088-3093

  Smith, Linda Tombras ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CARNITINE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD SAFETY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0029830022     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3088-3093.1996     Document Type: Article

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