Survival, growth, and inactivation of acid-stressed Shigella flexneri as affected by pH and temperature

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 131-138

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid stress; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PH; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A;

EID: 0042354670     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(03)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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