Chemical and sensory changes associated with microbial flora of mediterranean boque (Boops boops) stored aerobically at 0, 3, 7, and 10°C

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 698-706

  Koutsoumanis, K ^a   Nychas, George John E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO ACID; CARBON; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; FISH; FLORA; FOOD SPOILAGE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOOPS BOOPS; BROCHOTHRIX THERMOSPHACTA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 0033043668     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.698-706.1999     Document Type: Article

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