Germination of Spores of Bacillus Subtilis by High Pressure

High Pressure Processing of Foods

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-40

  Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food preservation; Food quality; Food sterilization; Inactivation of bacterial spores; Spores of bacillus species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889341770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376409.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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