Bacteriocin production and inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes by Lactobacillus sakei subsp. sakei 2a in a potentially synbiotic cheese spread

Food Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 143-152

  Martinez, Rafael Chacon Ruiz ^a   Staliano, Cristina Dini ^a   Vieira, Antonio Diogo Silva ^a   Villarreal, Martha Lissete Morales ^a   Todorov, Svetoslav Dimitrov ^a   Saad, Susana Marta Isay ^a   Franco, Bernadette Dora Gombossy de Melo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Lactobacillus; Listeria monocytogenes; QPCR; RT qPCR; Synbiotic cheese

Indexed keywords

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI SUBSP. SAKEI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES ATCC 19115;

BACTERIOCIN; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

CHEESE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIOCINS; CHEESE; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SYNBIOTICS;

EID: 84920986463     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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