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Persistence of Escherichia coli in a poultry processing plant
Author(s) -
Cherrington Christina A.,
Board R.G.,
Hinton M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1988.tb01311.x
Subject(s) - persistence (discontinuity) , escherichia coli , biology , contamination , population , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , environmental health , medicine , engineering , biochemistry , geotechnical engineering , gene
Poultry processing plant equipment was sampled for Escherichia coli either sequentially during single processing runs or once weekly for 6 weeks. The biotyping of the isolations revealed a heterogeneous E. coli population. The majority of biotypes were identified on one occasion only and never on more than three occasions under both sampling regimes. Although a proportion of the biotypes were recovered from equipment after cleaning, it was concluded that thorough cleaning and disinfection procedures should control E. coli contamination of slaughterhouse equipment.