Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Bacterial SporesISBN: 978-0-86542-897-3
Hardcover
148 pages
September 1994, Wiley-Blackwell
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Bacterial spores are the most resistant and dormant forms of life
on earth. Therefore, they are of great fundamental interest. They
are the targets for inactivation in some of the largest food and
pharmaceutical industries on earth, and are of great practical
importance. Many research groups around the world have attempted to
unravel the spore's mechanisms of resistance, dormancy and
germination. Although complete understanding has not yet been
achieved, substantial advances have been made in recent years. The
most important of these advances are summarized here by scientists
in the forefront of their particular areas of expertise.
This volume will be of value to research microbiologists, geneticists, biochemists and physicists who are interested in the fundamentals of the biochemical and physical basis of resistance and dormancy, and in spore science more generally. It will also be of value to those scientists who are concerned with the thoroughly practical problems of spore destruction and control in the food and pharmaceutical industries and in public health.