A refrigeration temperature of 4 °C does not prevent static growth of Yersinia pestis in heart infusion broth

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1119-1124

  Torosian, Stephen D ^a   Regan, Patrick M ^a   Doran, Tara ^b   Taylor, Michael A ^c   Margolin, Aaron ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foods; Heart infusion broth; Refrigeration; Static growth; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

COLONY FORMING UNITS; FOOD MATRIXES; FOODS; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GROWTH DATA; HEART INFUSION BROTH; HEART INFUSION BROTHS; MULTIPLE BARRIER; REFRIGERATION TEMPERATURES; STATIC CONDITIONS; STATIC GROWTH; STORAGE CONDITION; Y. PESTIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CALCIUM; CAPILLARY TUBES; FOOD STORAGE; REFRIGERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

STRAIN;

BACTERIUM; COLONY; CRYOBIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; STATIC RESPONSE; STORAGE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD; FREEZING; HEART INFUSION BROTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CELL CYCLE; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; REFRIGERATION; TIME FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 70349758324     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-060     Document Type: Article

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