Combined action of nisin and carvacrol on Bacillus cereus and Listeria monocytogenes

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 166-170

  Pol, I E ^a   Smid, E J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASES; LISTERIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS; BACTERICIDAL ACTION; BIPHASIC REDUCTION; COMBINED ACTIONS; EXPOSURE PERIOD; INHIBITORY EFFECT; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; VIABLE COUNT;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

CARVACROL; LYSOZYME; NISIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TERPENOID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032848995     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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