Bacillus sporothermodurans, a new species producing highly heat- resistant endospores

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 759-764

  Pettersson, Bertil ^a   Lembke, Fritz ^b   Hammer, Philipp ^c   Stackebrandt, Erko ^d   Priest, Fergus G ^e  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Tetra Pak GmbH & Co KG Germany   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029682669     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-3-759     Document Type: Article

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