Factors Affecting the Heat Resistance of Clostridium perfringens Spores

The bacterium Clostridium perfringens is a gram-positive anaerobe responsible for many diseases in man and other animals, the most common of which is acute food poisoning (AFP). It is estimated that nearly 240,000 cases of AFP occur each year in the U.S. The C. perfringens spore plays an important r...

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Main Author: Orsburn, Benjamin
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27697
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05132009-140845/