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Fundamental Food Microbiology, Third Edition - Fuad Fathir

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MICROBIAL STRESS RESPONSE IN THE FOOD ENVIRONMENT 121<br />

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15. Define or explain the importance of the following terms (in food microbiology):<br />

stress protein; sigma factors; holoenzyme (RNA polymerase); loss of divalent<br />

cations of LPS layer; conformational alteration of structural and functional components<br />

under stress; spore injury; survival strategy of VBNC cells; culturability<br />

and nonculturability.

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