Inactivation of some pathogenic bacteria and phytoviruses by ultrasonic treatment - PubMed (original) (raw)

Inactivation of some pathogenic bacteria and phytoviruses by ultrasonic treatment

Antanas Sarkinas et al. Microb Pathog. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

High intensity ultrasound is becoming important and more widely used in the food industry for microorganisms decontamination. This sterilization technique has been evaluated to improve food safety and to replace common processing with chemical additive compounds. The efficiency of a horn-type power ultrasound treatment (300 W and 600 W, 28 kHz, 10-30 min) on Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium bacteria suspensions and phytoviruses was examined in this study. The results of this study showed that ultrasonic treatment can be used to eliminate vegetative cells of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria from 1.59 to 3.4 log in bacterial suspensions and some phytoviruses in fruits.

Keywords: Bacteria; Decontamination; Fruits; Phytoviruses; Ultrasonic.

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