Role of broiler carcasses and processing plant air in contamination of modified-atmosphere-packaged broiler products with psychrotrophic lactic acid bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1136-1145

  Vihavainen, Elina ^a   Lundström, Hanna Saara ^a   Susiluoto, Tuija ^a   Koort, Joanna ^a   Paulin, Lars ^b   Auvinen, Petri ^b   Björkroth, K Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GENES; MEATS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA;

BROILER CARCASSES; BROILER PRODUCTS; CARNOBACTERIUM DIVERGENS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS (RFLP);

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEAT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; POULTRY; RNA; SKELETAL REMAINS;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARCASS; CARNOBACTERIUM; CARNOBACTERIUM MALTAROMATICUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; FOOD STORAGE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LACTOCOCCUS; MEAT INDUSTRY; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIOCOCCUS; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA GENE; TAXONOMY;

ATMOSPHERE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PACKAGING; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CARNOBACTERIUM DIVERGENS; CARNOBACTERIUM MALTAROMATICUM; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33847192508     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01644-06     Document Type: Article

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