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Listeria innocua: growth and biofilm formation
thesis
posted on 2018-06-28, 11:30 authored by Stefano PerniThe 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.]
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Chemical Engineering
Publisher
© S. PerniPublisher statement
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/Publication date
2005Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en