Heat activation/shock temperatures for Bacillus anthracis spores and the issue of spore plate counts versus true numbers of spores

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-357

  Turnbull, Peter C B ^a   Frawley, Dody A ^a   Bull, Robert L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Bacillus anthracis; Counts; Heat; Shock; Spores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TREATMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 33846438212     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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