Comparison of hyphal length, ergosterol, mycelium dry weight, and colony diameter for quantifying growth of fungi from foods

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 571, Issue , 2005, Pages 49-67

  Taniwaki, M H ^a   Pitt, J I ^b   Hocking, A D ^b   Fleet, G H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; MYCOTOXIN;

ALTERNARIA; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIOLOGY; BYSSOCHALMYS FULVA; BYSSOCHLAMYS NIVEA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROTIALES; EUROTIUM CHEVALIERI; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MUCOR; MUCOR PLUMBEUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM COMMUNE; PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XEROMYCES BISPORUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD CONTROL; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FUNGI;

BIOMASS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ERGOSTEROL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; HYPHAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644831214     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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