Physiological activity of Campylobacter jejuni far below the minimal growth temperature

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3917-3922

  Hazeleger, Wilma C ^a   Wouters, Jeroen A ^a   Rombouts, Frank M ^a   Abee, Tjakko ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHEMOTAXIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 0031711911     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3917-3922.1998     Document Type: Article

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