Efficacy of electrolyzed oxidizing water for inactivating Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enteritidis, and Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4276-4279

  Venkitanarayanan, Kumar S ^a   Ezeike, Gabriel O ^b   Hung, Yen Con ^b   Doyle, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISINFECTION; ELECTROLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0032883810     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4276-4279.1999     Document Type: Article

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