Potential of nitrogen gas (N2) flushing to extend the shelf life of cold stored pasteurised milk

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 5668-5685

  Munsch Alatossava, Patricia ^a   Ghafar, Abdul ^a   Alatossava, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacillus spp.; Cold storage; Gas; Modified atmosphere; N2; Pasteurised milk; Shelf life; Spores

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAT TREATMENT; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RPOB GENE; SHELF LIFE;

EID: 84875079571     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14035668     Document Type: Article

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