Directed evolution by UV-C treatment of Bacillus cereus spores

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 317, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Begyn, Katrien ^a   Kim, Tom Dongmin ^b   Heyndrickx, Marc ^a,c   Michiels, Chris ^b,d   Aertsen, Abram ^b   Rajkovic, Andreja ^a   Devlieghere, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^d LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endospore recalcitrance; Germination defect; Heat resistance; Stress cycling; Time lapse microscopy; UV resistance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOCIDAL ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SPOROGENESIS; STRESS; TIME-LAPSE MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; WILD TYPE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; DISINFECTANTS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85075616660     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.108424     Document Type: Article

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