Irradiation of spores of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis with electron beams

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 379-384

  De Lara, Jorge ^a   Fernández, Pablo S ^a   Periago, Paula M ^a   Palop, Alfredo ^a  

^a Departamento De Ingeniería De Alimentos Y del Equipamiento Agrícola   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial spores; Electron beams; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036889585     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1466-8564(02)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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