Induction of acid resistance of Salmonella typhimurium by exposure to short-chain fatty acids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3458-3463

  Kwon, Y M ^a   Ricke, S C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VALERIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031717130     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3458-3463.1998     Document Type: Article

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