Desiccation: An environmental and food industry stress that bacteria commonly face

Food Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2018, Pages 82-88

  Esbelin, Julia ^a   Santos, Tiago ^a   Hébraud, Michel ^a  

^a UMR 454 MEDIS INRA UCA   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Bacteria; Desiccation; Molecular mechanisms

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BACTERIUM; DESICCATION; DEVICES; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; DESICCATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMIDITY; WATER;

EID: 85026779002     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2017.07.017     Document Type: Review

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