Evaluation of aerated steam treatment of alfalfa and mung bean seeds to eliminate high levels of escherichia coli O157:H7 and O178:H12, salmonella enterica, and listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4613-4619

  Studer, Patrick ^a,c   Heller, Werner E ^a   Hummerjohann, Jörg ^b   Drissner, David ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POPULATION; CHEMICAL-FREE METHODS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HYPOCHLORITE TREATMENT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMAL PROCESSING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

CULTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENS; SALMONELLA;

SEED;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; LEGUME; PATHOGEN; SEED TREATMENT;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FABACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; WATER VAPOR;

DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FABACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GERMINATION; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEEDS; STEAM;

EID: 84880682335     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00443-13     Document Type: Article

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