Modeling the effects of sodium chloride, acetic acid, and intracellular ph on survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 889-895

  Hosein, Althea M ^a   Breidt, Frederick ^c   Smith, Charles E ^b  

^a Biomathematics and Department of Statistics   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID CONCENTRATION; ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRITICAL ISSUES; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; INTRACELLULAR PH; LOG REDUCTIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY; NACL CONCENTRATION; PH RANGE; PH VALUE; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; SURVIVAL CURVES; WEIBULL MODELS;

ACETIC ACID; CELL DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOOD SAFETY; METAL ANALYSIS; PH; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACETIC ACID; ACIDIFICATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; REDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURVIVAL; WEIBULL THEORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; VEGETABLE;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79551488822     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02136-10     Document Type: Article

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