Isolation and selection of lactic acid bacteria as biocontrol agents for nonacidified, refrigerated pickles

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Reina, Laura D ^a   Breidt Jr , Fred ^b   Fleming, Henry P ^b   Kathariou, Sophia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Biocontrol; Lactic acid bacteria; Minimally processed vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; WEISSELLA;

EID: 13844298189     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb09050.x     Document Type: Article

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