Ground beef, beef loin steaks and pork chops were packaged in modified atmospheres of 0.4% CO/60% CO(2)/40% N(2) and 70% O(2)/30% CO(2). In addition ground beef was packaged in clipped chub packs,… (More)
PCR techniques have significantly improved the detection and identification of bacterial pathogens. Even so, the lack of differentiation between DNA from viable and dead cells is one of the major… (More)
Decontamination of meat or carcasses may have an effect in reducing the number of pathogens. Recontamination with other pathogens during cutting or packaging may, however, result in higher growth on… (More)
A new species of halophilic photosynthetic bacteria, Rhodospirillum salinarum, has been isolated and described. Its natural habitat are the terminal crystallization ponds of solar salt production… (More)
Several challenges still persist in the analysis of microorganisms in foods, particularly in studies of complex communities. Nucleic acid-based methods are promising tools in addressing new questions… (More)
AIMS
To assess survival, growth and toxin production of spore-forming bacteria in sous vide products exposed to a relatively high heat treatment.
METHODS AND RESULTS
During a three-year period,… (More)
A study of the inhibitory effects of propylparaben and of a combination of lactate and acetate against growth of Listeria monocytogenes in inoculated liquid medium, sliced servelat sausage and cooked… (More)
The influence of natural background flora under aerobic and anaerobic incubation on the growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef was investigated. The background flora from eight different… (More)
Growth of the pathogens Yersinia enterocolitica, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and strains of Salmonella were compared in ground beef packed in modified atmospheres of 60% CO2/40%… (More)
Uptake of D-glucose in the range 2.5 X lOP9 M to 4.0 X I O ~ M by an oligotrophic marine bacterium, LNB-155, could be represented by 4 phases of a single, multiphasic mechanism. Other kinetic models… (More)