Recovery of E. coli O157 strains after exposure to acidification at pH 2

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 499-503

  Yoshitomi, K J ^a   Zapata, R ^b   Jinneman, K C ^a   Weagant, S D ^c   Fedio, W ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Weagant Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid environment; EHEC; Enterohaemorrhagic; Escherichia coli; Microflora; O157:H7

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRAIN; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACID ENVIRONMENT; E. COLI O157; E.COLI O157; E.COLI O157:H7; EHEC; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC; MICROFLORAE; O157:H7; TRYPTIC SOY AGARS; YEAST EXTRACTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CEFIXIME; CEFSULODIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; LABORATORY METHOD; PH;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PH;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84860916255     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03250.x     Document Type: Article

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