Adaptation of Bacillus cereus, an ubiquitous worldwide-distributed foodborne pathogen, to a changing environment

Food Research International

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1885-1894

  Carlin, Frédéric ^a,b   Brillard, Julien ^a,b   Broussolle, Véronique ^a,b   Clavel, Thierry ^a,b   Duport, Catherine ^a,b   Jobin, Michel ^a,b   Guinebretière, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Auger, Sandrine ^c   Sorokine, Alexei ^c   Nguyen Thé, Christophe ^a,b  

^a UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bacillus cereus; Climate change; Emergence; Environment; Food; Food processing; Genetic; Spore

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; GENETIC; SPORE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLIMATE MODELS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT RESISTANCE; IMPACT RESISTANCE; PATHOGENS; REDOX REACTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953120443     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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