Osmoprotectants and cryoprotectants for Listeria monocytogenes

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-27

  Bayles, D O ^a   Wilkinson, B J ^a,b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BETAINES; LISTERIA; OSMOSIS; PATHOGENS; TEMPERATURE;

CARNITINE; CRYOPROTECTANTS; DEFINED MEDIUMS; ECTOINE; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GLYCINE BETAINE; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOPROTECTANTS; REFRIGERATION TEMPERATURES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BETAINE; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE DERIVATIVE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ECTOINE; PIPECOLIC ACID; PROLINE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROTECTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034062054     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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