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. 2003 Dec;69(12):7124–7129. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7124-7129.2003

TABLE 1.

Effect of heat treatment at 85°C, pressure treatment at 65°C and 200 MPa, and CO2 treatment at 35°C and 30 MPa on the resistance of bacterial spores

Organism Treatment D value (min)
G. stearothermophilus Heat
Pressure 75.2
CO2 385
B. subtilis Heat 19.0
Pressure 9.3
CO2 1,667
B. coagulans Heat 9.5
Pressure 6.9
CO2 164
B. cereus Heat 8.5
Pressure 6.9
CO2 133
B. licheniformis Heat 7.9
Pressure 8.5
CO2 182