Heat killing of Bacillus subtilis spores in water is not due to oxidative damage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4109-4112

  Setlow, Barbara ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FREE RADICAL; SCAVENGER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031665193     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4109-4112.1998     Document Type: Article

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