Effects of wet heat treatment on the germination of individual spores of Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 824-836

  Wang, G ^a,e   Paredes Sabja, D ^b,c   Sarker, M R ^b   Green, C ^d   Setlow, P ^d   Li, Y Q ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Dipicolinic acid; Spore germination; Spores; Wet heat inactivation

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CULTIVATION; DENATURATION; HEAT TREATMENT; NUTRIENTS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS;

CA 2+; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CORTEXES; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; GERMINANTS; HEAT INACTIVATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SPORE; SPORE GERMINATION; WET HEAT INACTIVATION;

GERMINATION;

ASPARAGINE; CALCIUM ION; DIPICOLINIC ACID; DODECYLAMINE; HYDROLASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

BACTERIUM; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; HYDROLYSIS; ION; PROTEIN; SPORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPORE GERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 84866269878     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05387.x     Document Type: Article

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