Article
Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of foodborne Geobacillus stearothermophilus.
Food microbiology - 1 Feb 2015
Durand Loïc, Planchon Stella, Guinebretiere Marie-Hélène, Carlin Frédéric, Remize Fabienne
Abstract excerpt
Geobacillus stearothermophilus is the main thermophilic spore former involved in flat sour spoilage of canned foods. Three typing methods were tested and applied to differentiate strains at intra-species level: panC sequence analysis, REP-PCR and M13-PCR. panC gene was highly conserved within the...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Cluster Analysis
- Food Microbiology
- Food, Preserved
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Geobacillus stearothermophilus
- Hot Temperature
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sodium Chloride
- Spores, Bacterial