Adaptation to sublethal environmental stresses protects Listeria monocytogenes against lethal preservation factors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1252-1255

  Lou, Yuqian ^a   Yousef, Ahmed E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; HEATING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0031002320     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1252-1255.1997     Document Type: Article

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