Bacterial Quorum Sensing and Food Industry

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-193

  Bai, A Jamuna ^a   Rai, V Ravishankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOFILM FORMATION; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD SYSTEM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTRACELLULAR COMMUNICATION; MICROBIAL SPOILAGE; QUORUM-SENSING; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; SHELF LIFE; SIGNALING MOLECULES; SIGNALING SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOSENSORS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD SAFETY; INDUSTRY; MOLECULES; SIGNALING;

SPOILAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79953737343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2011.00150.x     Document Type: Review

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