Transfer, Attachment, and Formation of Biofilms by Escherichia coli O157: H7 on Meat-Contact Surface Materials

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Simpson Beauchamp, Catherine ^a   Dourou, Dimitra ^b   Geornaras, Ifigenia ^a   Yoon, Yohan ^a,c   Scanga, John A ^a   Belk, Keith E ^a   Smith, Gary C ^a   Nychas, George John E ^b   Sofos, John N ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air liquid interface; Attachment; Beef fabrication; Biofilms; E. coli O157:H7

Indexed keywords

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; LARD; PLASTIC; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FAT INTAKE; FECES; FOOD POISONING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KITCHEN; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

ACETALS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; DIETARY FATS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; PLASTICS; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861983241     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2012.02695.x     Document Type: Article

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