Immobilized Bacterial Spores for Use as Bioindicators in the Validation of Thermal Sterilization Processes

Abstract
Spores of Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6051 and Bacillus stearothermophilus NCTC 10003 were immobilized in monodisperse alginate beads (diameter, 550 μm ± 5%), and the capacity of the immobilized bioindi...