Use of gradient plates to study combined effects of temperature, pH, and NaCl concentration on growth of Monascus ruber van Tieghem, an ascomycetes fungus isolated from green table olives

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 392-399

  Panagou, E Z ^a   Skandamis, P N ^b   Nychas, G J E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PH EFFECTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GRADIENT PLATES; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH; SPOILAGE MICROORGANISMS;

MICROORGANISMS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CULTIVAR; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MONASCUS; NONHUMAN; OLIVE; OPTICAL DENSITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PASTEURIZATION; PH; TEMPERATURE;

CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MONASCUS; OLEA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MONASCUS; MONASCUS RUBER; OLEACEAE;

EID: 12244267714     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.392-399.2005     Document Type: Article

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