Effects of Mentha longifolia L. Essential oil and nisin alone and in combination on Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis in a food model and bacterial ultrastructural changes

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-290

  Pajohi, Mohamad Reza ^a   Tajik, Hossein ^a   Farshid, Amir Abbas ^a   Basti, Afshin Akhondzadeh ^b   Hadian, Mojtaba ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; NISIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BARLEY; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA LAMIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; FAST FOODS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MENTHA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NISIN; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; SENSATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 79551603153     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0675     Document Type: Article

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