Genetic characterization of the exceptionally high heat resistance of the non-toxic surrogate Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2017, Pages

  Butler, Robert R ^a   Schill, Kristin M ^b   Wang, Yun ^b   Pombert, Jean François ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium botulinum; Clostridium sporogenes; Dipicolinic acid; Food sterilization; Horizontal gene transfer; PA 3679; Spore heat resistance; SpoVA

Indexed keywords

DIPICOLINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; OPERON; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85018326277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00545     Document Type: Article

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