Combined effect of bacteriocin with gold nanoparticles against food spoiling bacteria - an approach for food packaging material preparation

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1909-1912

  Thirumurugan, A ^a   Ramachandran, S ^b   Shiamala Gowri, A ^a  

^a Department of Biotechnology   (India)

^b KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Food preservation Bacteriocin; Food spoiling organism; Gold nanoparticles; Nisin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884694683     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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