Scanning electron microscopy of food-poisoning bacterium Bacillus cereus using a variable-pressure SEM

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Nishimura, Masako ^a   Wada, Masao ^a   Akiba, Tsuneo ^a   Yamada, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacterial growth; Food poisoning; Raw rice; Steamed rice; Variable pressure SEM

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGAE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; NUTRIENTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BEAM DAMAGE; COOLING STAGE; FOOD POISONING; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; RAW RICE; STEAMED RICE; VARIABLE-PRESSURE SEM; WATER BEAMS; WATER VAPORIZATION;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0038759761     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/52.2.153     Document Type: Article

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