Involvement of Clostridium gasigenes and C. algidicarnis in 'blown pack' spoilage of Brazilian vacuum-packed beef

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 156-163

  Silva, Alessandra R ^a   Paulo, Ézio N ^b   Sant'Ana, Anderson S ^b   Chaves, Rafael D ^a   Massaguer, Pilar R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blown pack; Clostridium algidicarnis; Clostridium gasigenes; Meat microbiology; Psychrotrophic clostridia; Vacuum packaging

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; BRAZIL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ALGIDICARNIS; CLOSTRIDIUM GASIGENES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SPOILAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PH; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TEMPERATURE;

ABATTOIRS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VACUUM;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ALGIDICARNIS; CLOSTRIDIUM GASIGENES;

EID: 79959985896     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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