Isolation and quantification of highly acid resistant variants of Listeria monocytogenes

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 508-514

  Metselaar, Karin I ^a,b   Den Besten, Heidy M W ^b   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b   Moezelaar, Roy ^a,b,c   Zwietering, Marcel H ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DSM BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth boundary; Heterogeneity; Inactivation kinetics; Lethal pH; Subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; STRESS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84884268398     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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