Citation
M. Fenice et al., Inactivation of Mucor plumbeus by the combined actions of chitinase and high hydrostatic pressure, INT J F MIC, 52(1-2), 1999, pp. 109-113
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01681605
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Volume
52
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
109 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-1605(19991101)52:1-2<109:IOMPBT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Sporangiospores were treated with high hydrostatic pressure and/or fungal c
hitinase in order to study the inhibition of germination and growth of the
food spoiling mold Mucor plumbeus. Total fungal inhibition was obtained eit
her at 4.0 kbar or by 10 U/ml of chitinase from Penicillium janthinellum. A
pretreatment with 1 U/ml of the same chitinase reduced the pressure necess
ary to obtain complete spore inhibition to 3 kbar. (C) 1999 Elsevier Scienc
e B.V. All rights reserved.