Quantification of the effects of salt stress and physiological state on thermotolerance of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987 and ATCC 14579

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5884-5894

  Den Besten, Heidy M W ^a,b   Mataragas, Marios ^c   Moezelaar, Roy ^a,b   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b   Zwietering, Marcel H ^b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HEAT RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIPHASIC MODELS; MICROBIAL SURVIVAL MODELS; SALT STRESS CONDITIONS; THERMOTOLERANCE;

BACTERIA;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALT STRESS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 10987;

EID: 33748765770     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00780-06     Document Type: Article

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