The effect of undissociated lactic acid on Staphylococcus aureus growth and enterotoxin A production

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-166

  Rosengren, Åsa ^a,b   Lindblad, Mats ^a   Lindqvist, Roland ^a,b  

^a National Food Agency   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin production rate; Growth rate; Lag time; Staphylococcus aureus; Time to growth; Undissociated lactic acid

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; LACTIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY;

EID: 84873951407     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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