Morphology and physico-chemical properties of Bacillus spores surrounded or not with an exosporium. Consequences on their ability to adhere to stainless steel

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 125-135

  Faille, Christine ^a   Lequette, Yannick ^a   Ronse, Annette ^a   Slomianny, Christian ^b   Garénaux, Estelle ^c,d   Guerardel, Yann ^c,d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Appendages; Bacillus spore; Exosporium; Morphology; Saccharidic composition

Indexed keywords

2,4 O DIMETHYL RHAMNOSE; RHAMNOSE; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SPOROTHERMODURANS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOSPORIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; SACCHARIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

EID: 77957265350     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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