PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OP BACTERIAL-RESISTANCE TO FREEZING AND DRYING

Authors
VOLKOV VY
Citation
Vy. Volkov, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OP BACTERIAL-RESISTANCE TO FREEZING AND DRYING, Microbiology, 63(1), 1994, pp. 1-7
Citations number
65
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262617
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 7
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2617(1994)63:1<1:PAPMOB>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The review is concerned with the influence of osmotic stress and tempe rature on the physiological and biochemical state of microbial cells i ntended for freeze-drying. The molecular mechanisms of the effect of c ryo- and xeroprotective compounds are also dealt with in the paper.