Inhibition of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus weihenstephanensis in raw vegetables by application of washing solutions containing enterocin AS-48 alone and in combination with other antimicrobials

Food Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 762-770

  Cobo Molinos, Antonio ^a   Abriouel, Hikmate ^a   Lucas López, Rosario ^a   Ben Omar, Nabil ^a   Valdivia, Eva ^b   Gálvez, Antonio ^a  

^a Servicio de Microbiologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacillus weihenstephanensis; Bacteriocins; Biopreservation; Sprouts; Vegetable foods

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; ENTEROCIN AS 48, ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCIN AS-48, ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VEGETABLE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOCINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYGIENE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SOLUTIONS; SOYBEANS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

ASPARAGUS; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 46749110708     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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