Changes in barotolerance, thermotolerance, and cellular morphology throughout the life cycle of Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1581-1588

  Wen, Jia ^a   Anantheswaran, Ramaswamy C ^a   Knabel, Stephen J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MORPHOLOGIES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOG REDUCTIONS; MONOCYTOGENES; ROD-SHAPED; STATIONARY PHASE; THERMOTOLERANCE; THERMOTOLERANT; TRYPTIC SOY BROTHS; ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURES; WHOLE MILKS; YEAST EXTRACTS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; HEAT TREATMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

CELLS;

BACTERIUM; CONDENSATION; CYTOPLASM; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE CYCLE; MILK; MORPHOGENESIS; SOYBEAN; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; YEAST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 62149084861     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01942-08     Document Type: Article

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