High hydrostatic pressure-induced inactivation of bacterial spores

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-26

  Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a   Akhtar, Saeed ^b   Torres, J Antonio ^c   Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacterial spores; HHP; PATPS; Spore germination; Spore inactivation

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FOOD SPOILAGE; HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE; BACILLUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; FOOD CONTROL; PASTEURIZATION; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

BACILLUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PASTEURIZATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84921722091     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2013.788475     Document Type: Review

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