Bacterial spore inactivation by non-thermal technologies: resistance and inactivation mechanisms

Current Opinion in Food Science

Volumn 42, Issue , 2021, Pages 31-36

  Lv, Ruiling ^a,b,c   Liu, Donghong ^a,c   Zhou, Jianwei ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85101022637     PISSN: 22147993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2020.12.014     Document Type: Review

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