Glass formation and dormancy in bacterial spores

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-69

  Ablett, Steve ^a   Darke, Arthur H ^a   Lillford, Peter J ^a   Martin, David R ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Differential scanning calorimetry; DSC; Glass transition; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033473975     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2621.1999.00240.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Appelqvist, I. A. M., Cooke, D., Gidley, M. J. & Lane, S. J. (1993). Thermal properties of polysaccharides at low moisture: 1 - An endothermic melting process and water-carbohydrate interactions. Carbohydrate Polymers, 20, 291-299.
2. Bailey, G. F., Karp, S. & Sacks, L. E. (1965). Ultraviolet-absorption spectra of dry bacterial spores. Journal of Bacteriology, 89, 984-987.
3. Beaman, T. C., Greenamyrem, J., Corner, T. & Gerhardt, P. (1982). Bacterial spore heat resistance correlated with water content, wet density, and protoplast/sporoplast volume ratio. Journal of Bacteriology, 150, 379-390.
4. Beaman, T. C., Koshikawa, T., Pankratz, H. S. & Gerhardt, P. (1984). Dehydration partitioned within core protoplast accounts for heat resistance of bacterial spores. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 24, 47-51.
5. Belliveau, B. H., Beaman, T. C., Pankratz, H. S. & Gerhardt, P. (1992). Heat killing of bacterial spores analysed by differential scanning calorimetry. Journal of Bacteriology, 174 (13), 4463-4474.
6. Bendall, M. R. & Gordon, R. E. (1983). Depth and refocusing pulses designed for multipulse NMR with surface coils. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 53, 365-385.
7. Bradbury, J.H., Foster, J.R., Hamer, B. Lindsay, J. & Murrel, W.G. (1981). The source of the heat resistance of bacterial spores. A study of water in spores by NMR. Biochima et Biophysica Acta 678, 157-164.
8. Cano, R. J. & Borucki, M. K. (1995). Revival and identification of bacterial spores in 25-40 million year old Dominician amber. Science, 268, 1060-1064.
9. Dixon, W. T., Schaeffer, J., Sefcik, M. D., Stejskal, E. O. & McKay, R. A. (1982). Total suppression of sidebands in CPMAS C-13 NMR. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 49, 341-345.
10. Gidley, M. J. (1992). High resolution solid state NMR of food materials. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 3, 231-236.
11. Gidley, M. J., McArthur, A. J., Darke, A. H. & Ablett, S. (1995). High resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of solid and semi-solid food components. In: New Physico-Chemical Techniques for the Characterisation of Complex Food Systems. (edited by E. Dickinson). Pp. 296-318. Glasgow, UK: Blackie Academic and Professional.
12. Gould, G. W. (1986). Water and the survival of bacterial spores. In: Membranes, Metabolism, and Dry Organisms (edited by A. Carl Leopold). Pp. 143-156. Ithaca, USA: Cornell University Press.
13. Gould, G. W. & Dring (1975). Heat resistance of bacterial endospores and concepts of an expanded osmoregulatory cortex. Nature, 258, 402-405.
14. Hill, P. J., Hall, L., Vinicombe, D. A., Soper, C. J., Setlow, P., Waites, W. M., Denyer, S. & Stewart, G. S. A. B. (1994). Bioluminescence and spores as biological indicators of inimical processes. Journal of Applied Bacteriology Symposium, Suppl. 76, 129-134.
15. Johnstone, K. (1994). The trigger mechanism of spore germination. Journal of Applied Bacteriology Symposium, Suppl. 76, 17S-24S.
16. Lewis, J. C., Snell, N. S. & Burr, H. K. (1960). Water permeability of bacterial spores and the concept of a contractile cortex. Science, 132, 544-545.
17. 11C nuclear magnetic resonance of bacterial spores: Identification of the alpha carbon signal of dipicolinic acid. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 54 (4), 923-928.
18. Robinow, C. F. (1951). Observation on the structure of Bacillus spores. Journal of General Microbiology, 5, 439-457.
19. Roos, Y. H. (1995). Phase Transitions in Foods. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
20. Sapru, V. & Labuza, T. P. (1993). Glassy state in bacterial spores predicted by polymer glass transition theory. Journal of Food Science, 58 (2), 445-448.
21. Slade, L. & Levine, H. (1991). Beyond water activity: Recent advances based on an alternative approach to the assessment of food quality and safety. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 30 (2, 3), 115-360.
22. Van Laere, A., Francois, A., Overloop, K., Verbeke, M. & Van Gerven, L. (1987). Relation between germination, trehalose and the status of water in phycomyces blakesleeanus spores as measured by proton NMR. Journal of General Microbiology, 133, 239-245.