High pressure thermal inactivation of Clostridium botulinum type E endospores - Kinetic modeling and mechanistic insights

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Lenz, Christian A ^a   Reineke, Kai ^b,c   Knorr, Dietrich ^c   Vogel, Rudi F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial endospores; Clostridium botulinum type E; Dipicolinic acid release; Food safety; High pressure thermal (HPT) processing; Inactivation kinetics; Kinetic modeling; Pressure assisted thermal sterilization (PATS)

Indexed keywords

DIPICOLINIC ACID; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD SAFETY; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE THERMAL PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN;

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

EID: 84938863410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00652     Document Type: Article

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