Development and control of bacterial biofilms on dairy processing membranes

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-33

  Anand, Sanjeev ^a   Singh, Diwakar ^a,b   Avadhanula, Mallika ^a,c   Marka, Sowmya ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jerome Cheese Company   (United States)

^c Corporate QA Specialist at Davisco Foods ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; CELL-TO-CELL SIGNALING; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROLS; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS;

CELLS; CHELATION; CLEANING; CYTOLOGY; MEMBRANE FOULING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 84890542423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12048     Document Type: Article

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