Effect of low-intensity pulsed electric fields on the respiratory activity and electrosurface properties of bacteria

Food Biophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-290

  Podolska, Valentyna I ^a   Ermakov, Vladimir N ^b   Yakubenko, Lyudmila N ^a   Ulberg, Zoya R ^a   Gryshchenko, Nadezhda I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCOLLOID CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^b BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Electrokinetic potential; P. fluorescens; Pulsed electric field; Respiration activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 70450228517     PISSN: 15571858     EISSN: 15571866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11483-009-9126-7     Document Type: Article

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