Influence of temperature on alkali stress adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes

Food Control

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-80

  Shen, Qian ^a   Pandare, Pooja ^a   Soni, Kamlesh A ^a   Nannapaneni, Ramakrishna ^a   Mahmoud, Barakat S M ^a   Sharma, Chander S ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali stress adaptation; Listeria monocytogenes; Stability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960431093     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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