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. 1974 Mar;27(3):613–615. doi: 10.1128/am.27.3.613-615.1974

Effect of Lysozyme on the Recovery of Heated Clostridium botulinum Spores

Gordon Alderton 1,2, John K Chen 1,2, Keith A Ito 1,2
PMCID: PMC380096  PMID: 4596393

Abstract

Lysozyme in the recovery medium increased the recovery of heated spores, thereby raising the measured heat resistance of type E Clostridium botulinum spores about 1,800-fold and type A spores up to 3-fold.

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