Diffusion of lactic acid in a buffered gel system supporting growth of Lactobacillus curvatus

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 82, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1729-1734

  Malakar, Pradeep K ^a,b   Zwietering, Marcel H ^c   Boom, Remko M ^b   Brocklehurst, Tim F ^a   Wilson, Peter D G ^a   Mackie, Alan R ^a   Van 't Riet, Klaas ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DANONE RESEARCH   (France)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colony growth; Diffusion; Fluorescent ratio imaging; Lactic acid; Lactobacillus curvatus

Indexed keywords

ACID; DIFFUSION; GROWTH;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS;

EID: 0036829743     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1256     Document Type: Article

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