Effects of Minerals on Resistance of Bacillus subtilis Spores to Heat and Hydrostatic Pressure

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6307-6310

  Igura, Noriyuki ^a   Kamimura, Yuya ^a   Islam, M Shahidul ^a   Shimoda, Mitsuya ^a   Hayakawa, Isao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ENZYMES; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MINERALS;

SPORULATION;

BACTERIA;

CALCIUM ION; DIVALENT CATION; ENZYME; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MINERAL; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; DEMINERALIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CALCIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERALS; POTASSIUM; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0142136087     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6307-6310.2003     Document Type: Article

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