Evrendilek Gulsun Akdemir, Zhang Q Howard
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Engineering, Mustafa Kemal University, Tayfur Sokmen Campus, 31040 Alahan, Hatay, Turkey.
J Food Prot. 2003 May;66(5):755-9. doi: 10.4315/0362-028x-66.5.755.
This investigation was undertaken to study the inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment and heat treatment after exposure to different stresses. E. coli O157:H7 cells exposed to different pHs (3.6, 5.2, and 7.0 for 6 h). different temperatures (4, 35, and 40 degrees C for 6 h), and different pre-PEF treatments (10, 15, and 20 kV/cm) were treated with PEFs (20, 25, and 30 kV/cm) or heat (60 degrees C for 3 min). The results of these experiments demonstrated that a pH of 3.6 and temperatures of 4 and 40 degrees C caused significant decreases in the inactivation of E. coli O157:H7 by PEF treatment and heat treatment (P < 0.05). Pre-PEF treatments, pHs of 5.2 and 7.0, and a temperature of 35 degrees C, on the other hand, did not result in any resistance of E. coli O157:H7 cells to inactivation by PEF treatment and heat treatment (P > 0.05).
本研究旨在探讨不同应激条件下,脉冲电场(PEF)处理和热处理对大肠杆菌O157:H7的灭活效果。将大肠杆菌O157:H7细胞分别暴露于不同pH值(3.6、5.2和7.0,处理6小时)、不同温度(4、35和40℃,处理6小时)以及不同的预PEF处理条件(10、15和20 kV/cm)下,然后分别用PEF(20、25和30 kV/cm)或加热(60℃处理3分钟)进行处理。实验结果表明,pH值为3.6以及温度为4℃和40℃时,PEF处理和热处理对大肠杆菌O157:H7的灭活效果显著降低(P < 0.05)。另一方面,预PEF处理、pH值为5.2和7.0以及温度为35℃时,大肠杆菌O157:H7细胞对PEF处理和热处理的灭活未产生抗性(P > 0.05)。