Survival of Listeria innocua on hot and cold beef carcass surfaces

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2721-2729

  Prendergast, D M ^a   Rowe, T A ^a   Sheridan, J J ^a  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcasses; Listeria innocua; Surface sites; Survival

Indexed keywords

BEEF; DISEASES; LISTERIA; TEMPERATURE;

AVAILABLE WATER; CARCASS; COLD SURFACE; COMBINED STRESS; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LOWS-TEMPERATURES; SURFACE SITES; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOBIOLOGY; GROWTH; INOCULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; STORAGE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BEEF CATTLE; BODY SURFACE; CARCASS; FOOD STORAGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INOCULATION; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 36549086822     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03523.x     Document Type: Article

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