Evidence for natural transformation of Bacillus subtilis in foodstuffs

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Bräutigam, Martin ^a   Hertel, Christian ^a   Hammes, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Chocolate milk; Development of competence; Foodstuff; Natural transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; FOOD; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CACAO; DISINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEAT; MILK; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345019885     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00372-8     Document Type: Article

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