Molds and yeasts isolated from hydrated prunes and raisins having different water activities

Sciences des Aliments

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 539-545

  El Halouat, Abdelhaq ^a   Debevere, Johan ^b  

^a Ecl Natl d'Agric de Meknès ^*  (Morocco)

^b Fac Agric Appl Biol Sci   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dried fruit; Osmophilic yeast; Prune; Raisin; Xerophilic mold

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031316825     PISSN: 02408813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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