Occurrence of sublethal injury after pulsed electric fields depending on the micro-organism, the treatment medium ph and the intensity of the treatment investigated

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-104

  Garcia D ^a   Gomez N ^a   Manas P ^a   Condon S ^a   Raso, J ^a   Pagan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Listeria monocytogenes; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pulsed electric fields; Salmonella; Sublethal injury; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATION; LISTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; GRAM POSITIVE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; SUBLETHAL INJURY; TREATMENT TIME; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

SALMONELLA;

FOOD SCIENCE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD PRESERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157-H7; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 21244475984     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02611.x     Document Type: Article

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