Carbon dioxide and nisin act synergistically on Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 769-774

  Nilsson, Lilian ^a   Chen, Yuhuan ^b   Chikindas, Michael L ^b   Huss, Hans Henrik ^a   Gram, Lone ^a   Montville, Thomas J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; LIPOSOME; NISIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLUORESCEINS; LIPOSOMES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NISIN; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033952854     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.769-774.2000     Document Type: Article

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