Inactivation of foodborne microorganisms using engineered water nanostructures (EWNS)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3737-3745

  Pyrgiotakis, Georgios ^a   Vasanthakumar, Archana ^b   Gao, Ya ^a   Eleftheriadou, Mary ^c   Toledo, Eduardo ^a   Dearaujo, Alice ^b   McDevitt, James ^a   Han, Taewon ^d   Mainelis, Gediminas ^d   Mitchell, Ralph ^b   Demokritou, Philip ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SALMONELLA; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMAL LOGGING; WATER POLLUTION;

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ENGINEERED WATER NANOSTRUCTURES; FOOD-BORNE MICROORGANISMS; INACTIVATION OF MICROORGANISMS; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

ENGINEERED WATER NANOSTRUCTURE; NANOMATERIAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRODUCTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISINFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSPRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMIDITY; LISTERIA INNOCUA; NANOENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOMATO; WATER STRUCTURE; WATER VAPOR; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIFFUSION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STAINLESS STEEL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84924942814     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505868a     Document Type: Article

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