The potential of lacticin 3147, enterocin AS-48, lacticin 481, variacin and sakacin P for food biopreservation

Protective Cultures, Antimicrobial Metabolites and Bacteriophages for Food and Beverage Biopreservation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 100-128

  Fallico, V ^a   McAuliffe, O ^a   Ross, R P ^a   Fitzgerald, G F ^b   Hill, C ^b  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biopreservatives; Enterocin AS 48; Lacticin 3147; Lacticin 481; Sakacin P; Variacin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903802571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-669-6.50004-2     Document Type: Chapter

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