Bacterial resistance to ultrasonic waves under pressure at nonlethal (manosonication) and lethal (manothermosonication) temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 297-300

  Pagan R ^a   Manas P ^a   Raso, J ^a   Condon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; SALMONELLA; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0344889101     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.297-300.1999     Document Type: Article

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