Antibiotic resistance and susceptibility to some food preservative measures of spoilage and pathogenic micro-organisms from spices

Food Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-342

  Banerjee, Mousumi ^a   Sarkar, Prabir K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial pathogens; Benzoic acid; Combined effect; D value; Nisin; pH; Sorbic acid; Spices

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1642506178     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(03)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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