Review - Persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in food industry equipment and premises

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Carpentier, Brigitte ^a   Cerf, Olivier ^b  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Food industry; Listeria monocytogenes; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ACID; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ALKALINITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CLEANING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESICCATION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL LOAD; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79951551780     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.01.005     Document Type: Review

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