Influence of the incubation temperature after heat treatment upon the estimated heat resistance values of spores of Bacillus subtilis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-152

  Condon S ^a   Palop, A ^a   Raso, J ^a   Sala, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; HEAT TREATMENT; REPAIR; SPECIFIC HEAT;

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DAMAGE REPAIR; HEAT DAMAGE; HEAT INJURY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; REPAIR MECHANISM; RESISTANCE VALUES; SURVIVAL CURVES; Z VALUE;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030026606     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01130.x     Document Type: Article

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