A proposed nonpathogenic biological indicator for thermal inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes.

doi:10.1128/aem.59.4.1247-1250.1993

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A proposed nonpathogenic biological indicator for thermal inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 1993

Fairchild T M, Foegeding P M

Abstract excerpt

Listeria innocua M1 was developed as a thermal processing indicator organism for L. monocytogenes by selection of a rifampin- and streptomycin-resistant mutant. zetaD values were 5.6 and 5.8 degrees C, and D (68 degrees C) values were 3.8 and 4.9 s for L. monocytogenes and L. innocua, respectivel...

Topics

Animals
Culture Media
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Female
Food Microbiology
Food Preservation
Hot Temperature
Listeria
Listeria monocytogenes
Mice
Milk
Mutation
Plasmids

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