"Green Preservatives": Combating Fungi in the Food and Feed Industry by Applying Antifungal Lactic Acid Bacteria

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 217-238

  Pawlowska, Agata M ^a   Zannini, Emanuele ^a   Coffey, Aidan ^b   Arendt, Elke K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biopreservation; Lactic acid bacteria; Molds; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865359725     PISSN: 10434526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394597-6.00005-7     Document Type: Chapter

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