Acetic acid increases stability of silage under aerobic conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 562-567

  Danner, H ^a   Holzer, M ^a   Mayrhuber, E ^a   Braun, R ^a  

^a Institute for Agrobiotechnology Tulln   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; CROPS; STABILITY;

AEROBIC DETERIORATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; MANNITOL; PROPANOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ACETIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS BUCHNERI; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; SILAGE;

ACETIC ACID; AEROBIOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; SILAGE; YEASTS; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS BUCHNERI; POSIBACTERIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037228964     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.562-567.2003     Document Type: Article

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