Radiation tolerance of Bacillus cereus pre-treated with carvacrol alone or in combination with nisin after exposure to single and multiple sub-lethal radiation treatment

Food Control

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 693-701

  Ayari, Samia ^a,b,c   Dussault, Dominic ^a   Hayouni, El Akrem ^d   Hamdi, Moktar ^c   Lacroix, Monique ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b Centre National des Sciences et Technologies Nucleaires Tunis   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Carvacrol; Combined treatments; Hurdle technology; Nisin; Radio sensitization; Sub lethal stresses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874558115     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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