External concentration of organic acid anions and pH: Key independent variables for studying how organic acids inhibit growth of bacteria in mildly acidic foods

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Carpenter, C E ^a   Broadbent, J R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Food; Organic acids

Indexed keywords

ACID; ANION;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MATHEMATICS; PH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW;

ACIDS; ANIONS; BACTERIA; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 58649111284     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2008.00994.x     Document Type: Review

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