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A note on catalase enhanced recovery of acid injured cells of Gram negative bacteria and its consequences for the assessment of the lethality of L‐lactic acid decontamination of raw meat surfaces
Author(s) -
Van Netten P.,
Van der Zee H.,
Mossel D. A. A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1984.tb02370.x
Subject(s) - catalase , lactic acid , lethality , bacteria , agar , human decontamination , food science , microbiology and biotechnology , gram , biology , enterobacteriaceae , agar plate , chemistry , biochemistry , toxicology , medicine , escherichia coli , enzyme , genetics , pathology , gene
Addition of catalase (150 units/ml) to a rich infusion agar used for solid medium repair of acid injured pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae increased the recovery of such populations by 1–2 log cycles entailing an equal size reduction in the true lethality of this mode of processing for safety.