Impact of sorbic acid on germination and outgrowth heterogeneity of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 spores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8477-8480

  den Besten, Heidy M W ^a   van Melis, Clint C J ^a,b   Sanders, Jan Willem ^c   Nierop Groot, Masja N ^a,b   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION HETEROGENEITY; SORBIC ACID;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FLOW CYTOMETRY;

CULTIVATION;

SORBIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINATION; HETEROGENEITY; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SORBIC ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 14579;

EID: 84870813426     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02361-12     Document Type: Article

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