Effect of pH heating medium on the thermal resistance of Bacillus stearothermophilus spores

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 405-410

  Lopez M ^a   Gonzalez I ^a   Condon S ^b   Bernardo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus stearothermophilus spores; pH heating menstruum; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PH; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TOMATO; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0342281463     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(95)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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