Sensitivities of Germinating Spores and Carvacrol-Adapted Vegetative Cells and Spores of Bacillus cereus to Nisin and Pulsed-Electric-Field Treatment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1693-1699

  Pol, Irene E ^a   Van Arendonk, Willy G C ^a   Mastwijk, Hennie C ^a   Krommer, Judit ^a,b   Smid, Eddy J ^a,c   Moezelaar, Roy ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Orszagos Husipari Kutatointezet KHT   (Hungary)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARVACROL; NISIN; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAT; MONOTERPENES; NISIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TERPENES;

EID: 0035319653     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1693-1699.2001     Document Type: Article

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