Augmentation of killing of Escherichia coli O157 by combinations of lactate, ethanol, and low-pH conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1308-1311

  Jordan, Sarah L ^a   Glover, Jayne ^b   Malcolm, Laura ^b   Thomson Carter, Fiona M ^c   Booth, Ian R ^b   Park, Simon F ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZOIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; LACTIC ACID; PROTON PUMP; SORBIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PH; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033057115     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1308-1311.1999     Document Type: Article

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