Clostridium gasigenes sp. nov., a psychrophile causing spoilage of vacuum-packed meat

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-118

  Broda, D M ^a,b   Saul, D J ^c   Lawson, P A ^d   Bell, R G ^b   Musgrave, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b MIRINZ Food Technology and Research   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Blown pack' spoilage; Clostridium gasigenes; Food spoilage; Psychrophile

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN; PEPTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM GASIGENES; GENE SEQUENCE; INOCULATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM GASIGENES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033964362     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-1-107     Document Type: Article

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