Direct-imaging-based quantification of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 population heterogeneity at a low incubation temperature

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 927-930

  Den Besten, Heidy M W ^a,b   Garcia, Diego ^a,c   Moezelaar, Roy ^a,b   Zwietering, Marcel H ^b   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPORES; DIRECT IMAGING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; MICROCOLONIES; POPULATION HETEROGENEITY; REFRIGERATION TEMPERATURES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIUM; HETEROGENEITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLD; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOD CONTROL; FREEZING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS CEREUS; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REFRIGERATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 14579;

EID: 75749132427     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01372-09     Document Type: Article

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