Pulsed high electric field causes 'all or nothing' membrane damage in Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium, but membrane H+-ATPase is not a primary target

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Simpson, Ryan K ^a   Whittington, Rebecca ^a   Earnshaw, Richard G ^b   Russell, Nicholas J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMPDEN BRI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATPase; Internal pH; Listeria monocytogenes; Membrane damage; Pulsed high electric field; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CELL PH; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FOOD PROCESSING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTRICITY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHOSPHATES; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033120391     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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