Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on strawberry fruit and reduction of the pathogen population by chemical agents

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Yu, KH
Newman, MC
Archbold, DD
Hamilton-Kemp, TR [1 ]
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[1] Univ Kentucky, Dept Hort, Lexington, KY 40546 USA
[2] Univ Kentucky, Dept Anim Sci, Lexington, KY 40546 USA
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10.4315/0362-028X-64.9.1334
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 was studied on strawberry, a fruit that is not usually washed during production, harvest, or postharvest handling. Two strains of the bacteria were tested separately on the fruit surface or injected into the fruit. Both strains of E. coli O157:H7 survived externally and internally at 23 degreesC for 24 h and at 10, 5, and -20 degreesC for 3 days. The largest reduction in bacterial population occurred at -20 degreesC and on the fruit surface during refrigeration. In all experiments, the bacteria inside the fruit either survived as well as or better than bacteria on the surface. and ATCC 43895 frequently exhibited greater survival than did ATCC 35150. Two strains of E. coli also survived at 23 degreesC on the surface and particularly inside strawberry fruit. Chemical agents in aqueous solution comprising NaOCl (100 and 200 ppm), Tween 80 (100 and 200 ppm), acetic acid (2 and 5%). Na3PO4 (2 and 5%), and H2O2 (1 and 3%) were studied for their effects on reduction of surface-inoculated (10(8) CFU/ml) E. coli O157:H7 populations on strawberry fruit. Dipping the inoculated fruit in water alone reduced the pathogen population about 0.8 log unit. None of the compounds with the exception of H2O2 exhibited more than a 2-log CFU/g reduction of the bacteria on the fruit surface. Three percent H2O2, the most effective chemical treatment, reduced the bacterial population on strawberries by about 2.2 log CFU/g.
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