Bacillus Spores in the Food Industry: A Review on Resistance and Response to Novel Inactivation Technologies

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1139-1148

  Soni, Aswathi ^a   Oey, Indrawati ^a   Silcock, Pat ^a   Bremer, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacillus spores; high pressure processing; Hurdle technology; pulsed electric field; resistance; ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

BACILLUS SPORE; HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING; HURDLE TECHNOLOGY; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; ULTRAVIOLET;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84991687506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12231     Document Type: Article

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