Characterization of fatty acid composition, spore germination, and thermal resistance in a nisin-resistant mutant of Clostridium botulinum 169B and in the wild-type strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 659-664

  Mazzotta, Alejandro S ^a,c   Montville, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GMA FPA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; NISIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 0033009712     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.659-664.1999     Document Type: Article

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