Antibacterial and antifungal activities of black and green kombucha teas

Journal of Food Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-236

  Battikh, Houda ^a,b   Chaieb, Kamel ^b   Bakhrouf, Amina ^b   Ammar, Emna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; ANTIMICROBIAL SPECTRA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA; BEVERAGES; HEAT RESISTANCE; PATHOGENS; YEAST;

CANDIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84875811053     PISSN: 01458884     EISSN: 17454514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2011.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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