Efficacy of gaseous chlorine dioxide in inactivating Bacillus cereus spores attached to and in a biofilm on stainless steel

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-127

  Nam, Hyegyeong ^a   Seo, Hyun Sun ^a   Bang, Jihyun ^a   Kim, Hoikyung ^b   Beuchat, Larry R ^c   Ryu, Jee Hoon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bacillus cereus; Biofilm; Gaseous chlorine dioxide; Spores; Stainless steel surface

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFURIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; FOOD SAFETY; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; VAPORIZATION;

ATTACHMENT; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOFILM; GASEOUS CHLORINE DIOXIDE; SPORES; STAINLESS-STEEL SURFACE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOFILMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTANTS; GASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84905242260     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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