Effect of microbial loading on the efficiency of cold atmospheric gas plasma inactivation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-180

  Fernandez A ^a   Shearer, N ^a   Wilson, D R ^a   Thompson, A ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold atmospheric gas plasma; Initial cell concentration; Microbial inactivation; Salmonella Typhimurium

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; COLD ATMOSPHERIC GAS PLASMA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOD PROCESSING; GAS; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMA GASES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 83655164438     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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