Physiological response of Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2 to cold shock: Growth at low temperatures and freezing/thawing

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 398-402

  Thammavongs, B ^a   Corroler, D ^a   Panoff, J M ^a,b   Auffray, Y ^a   Boutibonnes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; FREEZING;

ARRHENIUS; COLD SHOCK; COLDEST TEMPERATURES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS JH2-2; FREEZING THAWING CYCLES; FREEZING/THAWING; LOWS-TEMPERATURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BACTERIA; COLD SHOCK; FREEZING; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROVOCATION TEST; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030301093     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01345.x     Document Type: Article

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