The effect of medium structure complexity on the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in gelatin-dextran systems

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 199, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-14

  Boons, Kathleen ^a,b   Noriega, Estefanía ^a,b   Verherstraeten, Niels ^b   David, Charlotte C ^b   Hofkens, Johan ^b   Van Impe, Jan F ^a,b  

^a CPMF Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Food biopolymers; Growth kinetics; Heterogeneous microstructure; Metabolizing ability; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; GELATIN; GLUCOSE; RHODAMINE B; BIOPOLYMER; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; STANDARDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOPOLYMERS; CULTURE MEDIA; DEXTRANS; GELATIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84921526163     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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