Resistance of Escherichia coli to acid and alkali pH

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-95

  Erdoǧrul, Özlem ^a   Erbilir, Feryal ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid adaptation; Alkali adaptation; Commercial food products; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

CITRUS LIMON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 21244432799     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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