Morphological and phenotypical characterization of Bacillus sporothermodurans

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 802-809

  Montanari, Graziella ^a   Borsari, A ^b   Chiavari, C ^a   Ferri, G ^a   Zambonelli, C ^a   Grazia, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Granarolo SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus sporothermodurans; Morphology; PCR; Physiological traits; UHT milk

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS SPOROTHERMODURANS; BRAIN HEART INFUSIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHENOTYPING; PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAIT; RESISTANT BACTERIA; RESISTANT STRAINS; TREATED MILK; ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE MILK; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA 16S; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SPOROTHERMODURANS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FERMENTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MILK; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRA HIGH TEMPERATURE TREATED MILK;

BACILLUS SPOROTHERMODURANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4944254332     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02371.x     Document Type: Article

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