Impact of inoculum preparation and storage conditions on the response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 populations to undercooking and simulated exposure to gastric fluid

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 672-679

  Stopforth, Jarret D ^a   Skandamis, Panagiotis N ^a   Ashton, Laura V ^a   Geornaras, Ifigenia ^a   Kendall, Patricia A ^a   Belk, Keith E ^a   Scanga, John A ^a   Smith, Gary C ^a   Sofos, John N ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; DECONTAMINATION; STAINLESS STEEL; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

AEROBIC STORAGE; GASTRIC FLUID; HEAT EXPOSURE; UNDERCOOKING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DIGESTION; MEAT; PATHOGEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BEEF CATTLE; BIOFILM; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DIGESTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EXPOSURE; HEAT TOLERANCE; INOCULATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANKTON; SENSITIZATION; SIMULATION; STOMACH JUICE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VACUUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DECONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MEAT; WATER;

EID: 33644856671     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.672-679.2006     Document Type: Article

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