Transmission electron microscopy of Listeria innocua treated by pulsed electric fields and nisin in skimmed milk

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-38

  Calderón Miranda, María L ^a   Barbosa Cánovas, Gustavo V ^a   Swanson, Barry G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Listeria innocua; Nisin; Pulsed electic fields; Skimmed milk; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

NISIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FOOD PRESERVATION; LISTERIA; MILK; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MILK; NISIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA INNOCUA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344563421     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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