Characterization of wet-heat inactivation of single spores of Bacillus species by dual-trap raman spectroscopy and elastic light scattering

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1796-1805

  Zhang, Pengfei ^a   Kong, Lingbo ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b   Li, Yong Qing ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SPECIES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; DRY WEIGHT; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING; HEAT INACTIVATION; HIGH-TEMPERATURE TREATMENT; INNER MEMBRANES; LAG-TIME; LASER TWEEZERS RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIES; MEGATERIUM; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; RAMAN BANDS; SUBTILIS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CALCIUM; HEAT TREATMENT; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFRACTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIUM; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; HEATING; LIGHT SCATTERING; PROTEIN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77749285641     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02851-09     Document Type: Article

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