Inhibitory effect of combinations of heat treatment, pH, and sodium chloride on growth from spores of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum at refrigeration temperature

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2664-2668

  Graham, Ann F ^a   Mason, David R ^a   Peck, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH; SPOROGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 0029908627     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2664-2668.1996     Document Type: Article

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