S ummary . Sodium nitrite heated in a laboratory medium was more inhibitory to spores of Clostridium spp. than nitrite added as a filter‐sterilized solution to the same medium. Most spores remained refractile after inhibition for >3 months and some proved viable when inoculated into fresh nitrite‐free medium. The inhibitory activity of heated nitrite medium was not stable indefinitely, growth sometimes occurred on re‐inoculation with vegetative cells.
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