Sporulation and germination gene expression analysis of bacillus anthracis sterne spores in skim milk under heat and different intervention techniques

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Y ^a   Ream, A ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis spores; Milk pasteurization and microfiltration; Real time PCR assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; DNA MICROARRAY; FILTRATION; FOOD HANDLING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FILTRATION; FOOD HANDLING; GENE EXPRESSION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MILK; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STR. STERNE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 64049111789     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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