Quantifying the effect of sorbic acid, heat and combination of both on germination and outgrowth of Bacillus subtilis spores at single cell resolution

Food Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-96

  Pandey, Rachna ^a   Pieper, Gerard H ^a   Beek, Alexander Ter ^a   Vischer, Norbert O E ^a   Smelt, Jan P P M ^a   Manders, Erik M M ^a   Brul, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Heat treatment; Live cell imaging; Sorbic acid; Spore germination and outgrowth; SporeTracker

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

SORBIC ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD CONTROL; HEAT; PH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SORBIC ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84937001414     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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