Synergistic effect of heat and sodium lactate on the thermal resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica and Listeria monocytogenes in minced beef

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 340-344

  McMahon, C M M ^a   Doherty, A M ^a   Sheridan, J J ^a   Blair, I S ^b   McDowell, D A ^b   Hegarty, T ^c  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEEF; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; RECOVERY; SODIUM;

L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILD TEMPERATURES; MINCED BEEF; SELECTIVE MEDIUM; SODIUM LACTATE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; THERMAL DESTRUCTION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

LACTATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEATING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0032917360     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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