Enumeration of Radiation-Resistant, Nonsporeforming Bacteria

Autor: R. B. Maxcy, James S. Dickson
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of Food Science. 50:268-269
ISSN: 1750-3841
0022-1147
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1985.tb13329.x
Popis: A new method was developed to enumerate radiation-resistant, nonsporeforming bacteria. Micrococcus spp. and two isolates of the Moraxella-Acinetobacter group were used as representatives of radiation-resistant bacteria. Soil samples were used to provide spores of a mixed flora. Samples were prepared in reconstituted nonfat dry milk solids, litmus milk and meat serum to evaluate the method in a food system. Three doses of 300 Krad each, separated with 1 hr incubations between each dose, were found to produce a maximum reduction in spores with a minimum reduction in radiation-resistant bacteria.
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