Isolation, characterization, and identification of bacterial contaminants in semifinal gelatin extracts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3664-3672

  De Clerck, E ^a,b   Vanhoutte, T ^a   Hebb, T ^a   Geerinck, J ^a   Devos, J ^a   De Vos, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ENZYMES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; GELATINS;

BACTERIA;

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; GELATIN; GELATINASE; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CATTLE; DNA GYRASE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; FOOD INDUSTRY; GELATIN; GELATINASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; ANOXYBACILLUS; ANOXYBACILLUS CONTAMINANS; ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS FUMARIOLI; BACILLUS GELATINI; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SONORENSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THERMOAMYLOVORANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS AGRI; BREVIBACILLUS BORSTELENSIS; BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PUMILUS;

EID: 2542633819     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3664-3672.2004     Document Type: Article

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