Exposure of Shigella flexneri to acid stress and heat shock enhances acid tolerance

Food Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-185

  Tetteh, Gloria L ^a   Beuchat, Larry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Heat shock; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0037392338     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(02)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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