Microbial mechanisms of tolerance to weak acids: an overview

• Main Author: Nuno Pereira Mira (auth)
• Other Authors: Miguel Cacho Teixeira (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Carboxylic Acids; food-borne spoilage microbes; tolerance to weak acids; Response and resistance to weak acid stress; weak acid food preservatives
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Carboxylic acids are ubiquitous molecules found in microbial metabolic pathways and that have been explored for a wide array of applications including food preservation (e.g., acetic, propionic, benzoic, and sorbic acids), chemotherapy (e.g., the analgesic acetylsalicylic acid, the immunosuppressor...