Acid-sensitive enteric pathogens are protected from killing under extremely acidic conditions of pH 2.5 when they are inoculated onto certain solid food sources

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3882-3886

  Waterman, Scott R ^a   Small, P L C ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; STOMACH PH;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031662633     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3882-3886.1998     Document Type: Article

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