Factors contributing to heat resistance of Clostridium perfringens endospores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3328-3335

  Orsburn, Benjamin ^a   Melville, Stephen B ^a   Popham, David L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COOKING PROCESSES; ENTEROTOXIN; HIGH HEAT RESISTANCE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

DIPICOLINIC ACID; METAL ION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIUM; FOOD POISONING; HEATING; SPORE; SURVIVAL; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GERM CELL; HEAT TOLERANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PROTOPLAST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; HEAT; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; WATER;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 44949140751     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02629-07     Document Type: Article

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