Factors controlling acid tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes: Effects of nisin and other ionophores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4123-4126

  Datta, Atin R ^a   Benjamin, Melissa M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; IONOPHORE; NISIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PH; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030753352     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.4123-4126.1997     Document Type: Article

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