Kinetics of germination of wet-heat-treated individual spores of Bacillus species, monitored by Raman spectroscopy and differential interference contrast microscopy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3368-3379

  Wang, Guiwen ^a   Zhang, Pengfei ^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 STRAINS; BASAL VALUES; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; DODECYL AMINES; GERMINANTS; MEGATERIUM; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; RELEASE PROCESS; SPORE GERMINATION; SUBTILIS; TIME-PERIODS;

BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYMES; HEAT TREATMENT; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CULTIVATION;

CALCIUM; DIPICOLINIC ACID; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOMONITORING; CHELATING AGENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION KINETICS; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TIME;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CALCIUM; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79958220492     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00046-11     Document Type: Article

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