Inhibition of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli in model broth and rumen systems by carvacrol and thymol

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 70-78

  Rivas, Lucia ^a   McDonnell, Mary J ^a,b   Burgess, Catherine M ^a   O'Brien, Martin ^c   Navarro Villa, Alberto ^c   Fanning, Séamus ^b   Duffy, Geraldine ^a  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Escherichia coli; Rumen; Thymol

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYMOL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PH; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FATTY ACIDS; GASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; RUMEN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; THYMOL; THYMUS GLAND; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77949914544     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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