STUDIES ON FACTORS AFFECTING THE HEAT RESISTANCE OF SPORES OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM

J Bacteriol. 1951 July; 62(1): 81–96.

PMCID: PMC386087

STUDIES ON FACTORS AFFECTING THE HEAT RESISTANCE OF SPORES OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM¹

H. Sugiyama

^aDepartment of Bacteriology and Parasitology and the Food Research Institute, the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

¹ This paper reports research undertaken in co-operation with the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces and has been assigned number 324 in the series of papers approved for publication. The views or conclusions contained in this report are those of the author. They are not to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views or indorsement of the Department of Defense.

This paper is the essence of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, the University of Chicago. The author expresses his sincere appreciation to Dr. G. M. Dack for his advice and encouragement during the course of this study.

This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.

Full text

Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (1.6M), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References.

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

ALLEN, MB. The dynamic nature of thermophily. J Gen Physiol. 1950 Jan 20;33(3):205–214. [PubMed]
ANDERSON, EE; ESSELEN, WB, Jr; FELLERS, CR. Effect of acids, salt, sugar and other food ingredients on thermal resistance of Bacillus thermoacidurans. Food Res. 1949 14(6):499–510.Nov–Dec; [PubMed]
BARD, RC; GUNSALUS, IC. Glucose metabolism of Clostridium perfringens: existence of metallo-aldolase. J Bacteriol. 1950 Mar;59(3):387–400. [PubMed]
Curran, HR; Brunstetter, BC; Myers, AT. Spectrochemical Analysis of Vegetative Cells and Spores of Bacteria. J Bacteriol. 1943 May;45(5):485–494. [PubMed]
Curran, HR; Evans, FR. The Importance of Enrichments in the Cultivation of Bacterial Spores Previously Exposed to Lethal Agencies. J Bacteriol. 1937 Aug;34(2):179–189. [PubMed]
Foster, JW; Wynne, ES. The Problem of "Dormancy" in Bacterial Spores. J Bacteriol. 1948 May;55(5):623–625. [PubMed]
Foster, JW; Wynne, ES. Physiological Studies on Spore Germination, with Special Reference to Clostridium botulinum: IV. Inhibition of Germination by Unsaturated C(18) Fatty Acids. J Bacteriol. 1948 Apr;55(4):495–501. [PubMed]
Friedman, CA; Henry, BS. Bound Water Content of Vegetative and Spore Forms of Bacteria. J Bacteriol. 1938 Jul;36(1):99–105. [PubMed]
Johnson, FH; Zobell, CE. THE RETARDATION OF THERMAL DISINFECTION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES BY HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE. J Bacteriol. 1949 Mar;57(3):353–358. [PubMed]
Knaysi, G. THE ENDOSPORE OF BACTERIA. Bacteriol Rev. 1948 Mar;12(1):19–77. [PubMed]
Rahn, O. PHYSICAL METHODS OF STERILIZATION OF MICROORGANISMS. Bacteriol Rev. 1945 Mar;9(1):1–47. [PubMed]
Wynne, ES; Foster, JW. Physiological Studies on Spore Germination with Special Reference to Clostridium botulinum: I. Development of a Quantitative Method. J Bacteriol. 1948 Jan;55(1):61–68. [PubMed]
Wynne, ES; Foster, JW. Physiological Studies on Spore Germination, with Special Reference to Clostridium botulinum: III. Carbon Dioxide and Germination, with a Note on Carbon Dioxide and Aerobic Spores. J Bacteriol. 1948 Mar;55(3):331–339. [PubMed]