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Sporulation of Clostridium putrefaciens and the Resistance of the Spores to Heat, γ‐Radiation and Curing Salts
Author(s) -
ROBERTS T. A.,
DERRICK CHRISTINE M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1975.tb00497.x
Subject(s) - spore , shewanella putrefaciens , agar , microbiology and biotechnology , incubation , food science , heat resistance , lactose , chemistry , clostridium , curing (chemistry) , bacteria , biology , biochemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , genetics , composite material
Clostridium putrefaciens grew well in most media used routinely for culturing anaerobes, but produced spores only on lactose‐egg yolk agar. The D 80° was 8–14 min, z value was 4°–6° and D γ , 0.16 Mrad. The inhibitory interactions of pH, NaCl, NaNO 2 and incubation temperature are described.