Physicochemical alterations enhance the ability of dairy strains of lactic acid bacteria to remove aflatoxin from contaminated media

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 466-468

  El Nezami, Hani ^a   Kankaanpää, Pasi ^a,b   Salminen, Seppo ^b   Ahokas, Jorma ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Turku University   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BINDING KINETICS; DECONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONCEPTS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 0032055323     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.4.466     Document Type: Article

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