Impact of environmental factors on the culturability and viability of Listeria monocytogenes under conditions encountered in food processing plants

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 244, Issue , 2017, Pages 74-81

  Overney, Anaïs ^a   Jacques André Coquin, Joséphine ^a   Ng, Patricia ^a   Carpentier, Brigitte ^a   Guillier, Laurent ^a   Firmesse, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Cleaning disinfection; Drying; Listeria monocytogenes; Persistence; Survival; Viable but non culturable

Indexed keywords

PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL COUNTING; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD PROCESSING; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONINE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DESICCATION; DEVICES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DESICCATION; DISINFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 85008455601     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.12.012     Document Type: Article

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