Bacillus cereus responses to acid stress

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2835-2843

  Mols, Maarten ^a,b   Abee, Tjakko ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; SORBIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACETIC ACID; BACILLUS CEREUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SORBIC ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80055099262     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02490.x     Document Type: Review

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