Towards the quantification of the effect of acid treatment on the heat tolerance of Escherichia coli K12 at lethal temperatures

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 702-711

  Velliou, E G ^a,b   Van Derlinden, E ^a,b   Cappuyns, A M ^a,b   Nikolaidou, E ^b   Geeraerd, A H ^a,b   Devlieghere, F ^a,c   Van Impe, J F ^a,b  

^a CPMF2 Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid treatment; E. coli K12 MG1655; Heat resistance; Inactivation; Stress; Stress adaptation; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79954613788     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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