Pulsed electric fields cause sublethal injuries in the outer membrane of Enterobacter sakazakii facilitating the antimicrobial activity of citral

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 525-531

  Arroyo, C ^a   Somolinos, M ^a   Cebrian G ^a   Condon S ^a   Pagan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial(s); Cell injury; Food preservation; Food safety; Nonthermal processes

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SAFETY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; MICROORGANISMS; SALTS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL(S); ANTIMICROBIALS (S); CELL INJURY; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FOOD-SAFETY; NON-THERMAL PROCESS; OUTER MEMBRANE; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD TREATMENTS;

CELLS;

BILE SALT; BUFFER; CITRAL; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DYE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FOOD SAFETY; INJURY; PH; PRESERVATION; TERPENE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PH; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD;

ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 78649456287     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02931.x     Document Type: Article

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