Variability in spore germination response by strains of proteolytic Clostridium botulinum types A, B and F

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Alberto, F ^a   Broussolle, Véronique ^a   Mason, D R ^b   Carlin, F ^a   Peck, M W ^b  

^a UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germination; Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum; Spore

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTIVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; STRAIN;

BICARBONATE IONS; BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GERMINANTS; HYDROPHOBIC AMINO ACIDS; L-ALANINE; L-LACTATE; PROTEOLYTIC CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINA; SPORE; SPORE GERMINATION;

GERMINATION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARAGINE; BICARBONATE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INOSINE; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

GERMINATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SPORE GERMINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037215224     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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