Modeling heat resistance of Bacillus weihenstephanensis and Bacillus licheniformis spores as function of sporulation temperature and pH

Food Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-36

  Baril, Eugénie ^a   Coroller, Louis ^a   Couvert, Olivier ^a   Leguérinel, Ivan ^a   Postollec, Florence ^a   Boulais, Christophe ^a   Carlin, Frédéric ^b,c   Mafart, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BREST   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus weihenstephanensis; Heat resistance; Model; Predictive microbiology; Sporulation environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLD; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84856051815     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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