The effect of citric acid, lactic acid, sodium citrate and sodium lactate, alone and in combination with nisin, on the growth of Arcobacter butzleri

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 424-428

  Phillips, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CITRIC ACID; SALTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; SODIUM CITRATE; SODIUM LACTATE; SODIUM SALT;

LACTIC ACID;

CITRATE SODIUM; CITRIC ACID; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; LACTATE SODIUM; LACTIC ACID; NISIN;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033383326     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1999.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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