Mild heat treatment of lettuce enhances growth of Listeria monocytogenes during subsequent storage at 5°C or 15°C

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 269-275

  Li, Y ^a   Brackett, R E ^a,b   Chen, J ^a   Beuchat, L R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; HEAT TREATMENT; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; SEA ICE; WATER TREATMENT;

AFTER-TREATMENT; CHLORINE TREATMENTS; ICEBERG LETTUCE; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILD HEATS; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; STORAGE TIME; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; TEST PARAMETERS;

LETTUCE;

CHLORINE; WATER;

BACTERIUM; FOOD SCIENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TREATMENT; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PLANT LEAF; RISK FACTOR; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTUCA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036164862     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01530.x     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. An outbreak of febrile gastroenteritis associated with corn contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes
2. Growth of Listeria monocytogenes on fresh vegetables stored under controlled atmosphere
3. Listeria monocytogenes: Incidence on vegetables
4. Pathogenic microorganisms associated with fresh produce
5. Survival and growth of Listeria monocytogenes on lettuce as influenced by shredding, chlorine treatment, modified atmosphere packaging and temperature
6. Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes inoculated into raw tomatoes and processed tomato products
7. Produce handling and processing practice
8. Antimicrobial effect of chlorine on Listeria monocytogenes
9. Physiology of lightly processed fruits and vegetables
10. Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on four types of minimally processed green salads
11. Factors affecting the growth of Listeria monocytogenes on minimally processed fresh endive
12. Effects of carbon dioxide on the fate of Listeria monocytogenes of aerobic bacteria and on the development of spoilage in minimally processed fresh endive
13. Effect of warm, chlorinated water on microbial flora of shredded iceberg lettuce
14. Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes by chlorine
15. Listeria monocytogenes, a food-borne pathogen
16. Changes in populations of Listeria monocytogenes inoculated on packaged fresh cut vegetables
17. Effects of gas atmosphere, antimicrobial dip and temperature on the fate of Listeria innocua and Listeria monocytogenes on minimally processed lettuce
18. The microbiological safety of minimally processed vegetable
19. Determination of ready-to-eat vegetable salad shelf-life
20. An outbreak of type 4b Listeria monocytogenes infection involving patients from eight Boston hospitals
21. Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in shredded cabbage stored at 5 and 25°C under a modified atmosphere
22. Wound induced ethylene production, phenolic metabolism and susceptibility to russet spotting in iceberg lettuce
23. Survival and growth of Escherichia coli O157: H7 inoculated onto cut lettuce before or after heating in chlorinated water, followed by storage at 5 or 15°C
24. Changes in appearance and natural microflora on iceberg lettuce treated in warm, chlorinated water and then stored at refrigeration temperature
25. Effects of intensity and duration of heat-shock treatments on wound-induced phenolic metabolism in iceberg lettuce
26. Wound-induced phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity: Factors affecting its induction and correlation with quality of minimally processed lettuce
27. The microbiology of minimally processed fresh fruits and vegetables
28. Epidemic listeriosis - Evidence for transmission by food
29. Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on ready to serve lettuce
30. Distribution of repetitive DNA sequences in eubacteria and application to fingerprinting of bacterial genomes
31. The effects of various disinfections against Listeria monocytogenes on fresh-cut vegetables