The destruction by microwave radiation of bacterial endospores and amplification of the released DNA

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-122

  Vaid, A ^a   Bishop, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES; CALCIUM IONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; THERMAL EXCITATION; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM THERMOSACCHAROLYTICUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031904441     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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