Survival or growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a model system of fresh meat decontamination runoff waste fluids and its resistance to subsequent lactic acid stress

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6228-6234

  Samelis, John ^a,b   Sofos, John N ^a   Kendall, Patricia A ^a   Smith, Gary C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CELLS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; DECONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GROWTH KINETICS; MEATS; OPTIMIZATION;

ACID ADAPTATION; MEAT PLANTS; PH RESISTANCE; STERILE SALINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; RUNOFF;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PH; SENSITIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACETIC ACID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LACTIC ACID; MEAT; WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157-H7;

EID: 26844558036     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6228-6234.2005     Document Type: Article

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