Elimination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from alfalfa seeds through a combination of high hydrostatic pressure and mild heat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1901-1907

  Neetoo, Hudaa ^a   Pizzolato, Thompson ^a   Chen, Haiqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFTER TREATMENTS; ALFALFA SEEDS; E. COLI O157:H7; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FINAL GERMINATION PERCENTAGES; HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURES; HIGH-PRESSURE TREATMENTS; LOW LEVELS; PATHOGEN POPULATIONS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIA; PRESSURE SENSITIVITIES; REDUCED PRESSURES; SEED VIABILITIES; TREATMENT TEMPERATURES; TREATMENT TIME;

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PATHOGENS;

SEED;

ALFALFA; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; GERMINATION; HEATING; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INOCULATION; PATHOGEN; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIABILITY;

ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; HEAT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPERBARISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLANT SEED; POPULATION; SEED TREATMENT; SPROUTING; TEMPERATURE;

DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 63849104471     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02531-08     Document Type: Article

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