Controlling microbial safety challenges of meat using high voltage atmospheric cold plasma

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Han, Lu ^a   Ziuzina, Dana ^a   Heslin, Caitlin ^a   Boehm, Daniela ^a   Patange, Apurva ^a   Sango, David M ^b   Valdramidis, Vasilis P ^b   Cullen, Patrick J ^a,c   Bourke, Paula ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef extract; Biofilm; Gram negative and positive bacteria; High voltage plasma; ROS

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OZONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC COLD PLASMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; COLD TREATMENT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; FREEZING; HALF-ACTIVATION VOLTAGE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT INDUSTRY; PLASMA GAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84980368168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00977     Document Type: Article

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