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2007: Skandamis P N; Stopforth J D; Kendall P A; Belk K E; Scanga J A; Smith G C; Sofos J N
Modeling the effect of inoculum size and acid adaptation on growth/no growth interface of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
International journal of food microbiology 2007;120(3):237-49.
The objective of this study was to model with logistic regression the growth/no growth interface of different initial inoculation levels (10(1), 10(3) and 10(5) CFU/ml; study 1), or nonadapted vs acid-adapted (study 2) Escherichia coli O157:H7 as influenced by pH, NaCl concentration and incubation temperature. Study 1 was conducted with a mixture of four E. coli O157:H7 strains grown (35 degrees C, 24 h) in tryptic soy broth (TSB). Study 2 was conducted with the same mixture of four E. coli O157:H7 strains grown (35 degrees C, 24 h) in glucose-free TSB with 1% added glucose (final pH 4.83), or in diluted lactic acid meat decontamination runoff fluids (washings; final pH 4.92), or nonadapted cultures prepared in glucose-free TSB (final pH 6.45), or in water washings (final pH 6.87). Parameters included incubation temperature (10-35 degrees C), pH (3.52-7.32), and NaCl concentration (0-10% w/v). Growth responses were evaluated for 60 days turbidimetrically (610 nm) every 5 days in 160 (study 1) and 360 (study 2) combinations in quadruplicate samples, with a microplate reader. The lower the initial inoculum the higher were the minimum pH and a(w) values permitting growth. Differences in the pH and a(w) growth limits among inoculum concentrations increased at 15 and 10 degrees C. Acid-adapted cultures were able to grow at lower pH than nonadapted cultures, while at temperatures below 25 degrees C, growth initiation of nonadapted cultures stopped at higher a(w) compared to acid-adapted cultures for the whole pH range of 3.52 to 7.32. A comparison with available data indicated that our model for acid-adapted E. coli O157:H7 in different environments may provide representative growth probabilities covering both nonadapted and stress-adapted contaminants.

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