Cortex modulation shapes UV-C and heat resistance properties of Bacillus cereus endospores.

Sadhana Khanal, Tom Dongmin Kim, David Popham, Abram Aertsen

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Article in Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Sadhana KhanalLaboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Tom Dongmin KimLaboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

David PophamDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

Abram AertsenLaboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: abram.aertsen@kuleuven.be.

Funding

Studies of Bacterial Endospore Germination - Adminstrative SupplementR01GM138630 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI POPHAM, DAVID L · 2020 to 2023

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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM138630

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

UV-C and heat are widely used for hygienic design and decontamination in food processing, yet bacterial endospores of foodborne pathogens can adapt in ways that undermine process efficacy. As such, it was recently shown that Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 can readily acquire enhanced spore UV-C resistance through phase variation in its pdaA gene, which encodes an N-acetylmuramic acid deacetylase involved in spore cortex formation. Specifically, disruption of the pdaA open reading frame (causing a PdaA

Indexed as

Bacillus cereusHot TemperatureSpores, BacterialUltraviolet RaysAmidohydrolasesBacterial ProteinsFood MicrobiologyMicrobial ViabilityAmidohydrolasesBacterial ProteinsBacillus cereusCortexCwlDEndosporeHeat resistancePdaAUV-C resistance

Identifiers

PMID41942198

DOI10.1016/j.foodres.2026.118940

PMCPMC13678831

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