Flow cytometry applications in the food industry

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 999-1011

  Comas Riu, Jaume ^a   Rius, Núria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Food microbiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DYE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BREWING; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PH; CELL SIZE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; ELECTRONICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FILTER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; HEAT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LACTOBACILLUS; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPOPHILICITY; MEASUREMENT; MEAT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MILK; MOULD; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES; SHELF LIFE; STARTER CULTURE; STRESS; SURVIVAL; YEAST;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 68349128642     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-009-0608-x     Document Type: Review

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