Spatial distribution of bacterial colonies in a model cheese

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1493-1500

  Jeanson, S ^a,b   Chadoeuf, J ^c   Madec, M N ^a,b   Aly, S ^a,b   Floury, J ^a,b   Brocklehurst, T F ^d   Lortal, S ^a,b  

^a UMR1253   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c INRA   (France)

^d NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIES; CELL BIOMASS; CELL NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MATRIX; MEAN DIAMETER; MEAN DISTANCES; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; RIPENING PROCESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

BACTERIOLOGY; CHEESES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CELL ORGANELLE; COLONY; DIAMETER; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IMMOBILIZATION; INOCULATION; MATRIX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLITE; MICROSCOPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; POISSON RATIO; PROTEIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOMASS; CHEESE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMASS; CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FERMENTATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 79953173981     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02233-10     Document Type: Article

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