Effect of short-chain fatty acids on the size of enteric bacteria

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 408-412

  Thompson, J L ^a   Hinton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROPIONIC ACID; SALMONELLA; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; ELECTRON IMAGES; ENTERIC BACTERIA; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SHORTER CHAINS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH;

PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

DNA; FATTY ACID; FORMIC ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; PROPIONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029993910     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01191.x     Document Type: Article

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