Meat decontamination and pathogen stress adaptation.

摘要: Publisher Summary Little is known about the possible long-term consequences of decontamination on microbial ecology meat environments. Although evaluation efficacy in-plant application interventions in USA has indicated significant reductions total bacterial contaminants and prevalence pathogens, such as Escherichia coli O157:H7, survivors may exist post-decontamination at rather unpredictable levels. In addition, conflicting data potential for survival growth pathogens during refrigerated storage decontaminated vs. untreated presence a reduced potentially altered natural flora. Moreover, it unknown whether that survive or cross-contaminate fresh post-spraying adapt to stresses situ develop increased resistance, cross-protection, virulence. Whether flora alter stress responses addition inhibiting their meat, largely unknown. This chapter presents summary current knowledge pathogen adaptation resistance development environments suggests strategies avoidance hardening pathogenic cells subsequent food-related stresses.