Superdormant spores of Bacillus species have elevated wet-heat resistance and temperature requirements for heat activation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5584-5591

  Ghosh, Sonali ^a   Zhang, Pengfei ^b   Li, Yong Qing ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPICOLINIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INOSINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPORE GERMINATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCOSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INOSINE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; VALINE; WATER;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 69949107820     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00736-09     Document Type: Article

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