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Listeria innocua: growth and biofilm formation

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posted on 2018-06-28, 11:30 authored by Stefano Perni
The contamination of food processing equipment by pathogenic bacteria is a serious threat to food safety and public health. Much attention has recently been focussed on Listeriae because of their ability to both grow over a wide temperature range and to adhere to a wide range of materials. However, whilst many previous studies have studied attachment under static or low Reynolds number (Re) flow, no published work exists on the effects of flow conditions at industrially relevant Re on the phenomenon of attachment. This is examined here using non-pathogenic Listeria innocua—frequently claimed to be a surrogate for the pathogen L. monocytogenes—in relation to stainless steel. This material was chosen because it is widely used in the food industry. [Continues.]

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

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© S. Perni

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2005

Notes

A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.

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  • en

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