Effects of water activity and temperature on the survival of Aspergillus carbonarius spores in vitro

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-330

  Leong, S L ^a,b,c   Hocking, A D ^a,b   Scott, E S ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Adelaide Laboratory   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus carbonarius; Ochratoxin; Survival; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS;

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; DICHLORAN; EFFECT OF WATER; FILTER MEMBRANE; IN-VITRO; OCHRATOXINS; ROSE BENGAL; SURVIVAL; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER TEMPERATURES;

TEMPERATURE;

AGAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; OCHRATOXIN; ROSE BENGAL; WATER;

DRYING; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MEMBRANES; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

FUNGUS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FILTER; FUNGUS SPORE; GRAPE; INCIDENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; SOIL; SURVIVAL TIME; VINEYARD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; FUNGI; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 33645077658     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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