Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679 and its uses in the derivation of thermal processing schedules for low-acid shelf-stable foods and as a research model for proteolytic clostridium botulinum

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 779-792

  Brown, Janelle L ^a   Tran Dinh, Nai ^a   Chapman, Belinda ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PASTEURIZATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRODUCT SAFETY; REVIEW;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASTEURIZATION; PHYLOGENY;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

EID: 84859312376     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-391     Document Type: Review

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