Production of sulfur flavors by ten strains of Geotrichum candidum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5510-5514

  Berger, Celine ^a   Khan, Jeffrey A ^b   Molimard, Pascal ^a   Martin, Nathalie ^c   Spinnler, Henry E ^c,d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d CBAI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DISULFIDE; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOVALERIC ACID; METHANETHIOL; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN;

GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM;

EID: 0032736382     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5510-5514.1999     Document Type: Article

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