Mechanism of killing of spores of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus megaterium by wet heat: ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 507-514

  Coleman, W H ^a   Zhang, P ^b   Li, Y Q ^b   Setlow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Spores; Sterilization; Thermal processes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CENTRIFUGATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROTEINS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SPECIES; BACILLUS SPORE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; DENATURED PROTEINS; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; EQUILIBRIUM DENSITY GRADIENTS; HEATING TIME; MEGATERIUM; THERMAL PROCESS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

DIPICOLINIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; GERMINATION; PROTEIN; SPORE; STERILIZATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FRACTIONATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPORE GERMINATION; WET HEAT KILLING; EVALUATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STERILIZATION;

EID: 77950509551     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02827.x     Document Type: Article

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