C. perfringens spores of food poisoning isolates exhibit high
resistance to various environmental stress factors including
moist heat; osmotic, nitrite-, and pH-induced stress; prolonged
frozen storage; and high hydrostatic pressure .
The resistance of C. perfringens food poisoning isolates might
facilitate their survival in processed meat and poultry , products most commonly implicated in C. perfringens type A food poisoning outbreaks