How moist heat kills spores of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8458-8466

  Coleman, William H ^a   Chen, De ^b   Li, Yong Qing ^b   Cowan, Ann E ^a,c   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPICOLINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; HEAT; HUMIDITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 36749072010     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01242-07     Document Type: Article

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