Pulsed electric fields cause sublethal injury in Escherichia coli

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-144

  Garcia D ^a   Gomez N ^a   Condon S ^a   Raso, J ^a   Pagán, Rafael ^a  

^a Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; pH; Pulsed electric fields; Sublethal injury

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOOD PRESERVATION;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; E. COLI; E.COLI CELLS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PH VALUE; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; SELECTIVE MEDIUM; SUBLETHAL INJURY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037219244     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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