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Microbial Ecology of Foods V1: Factors Affecting Life and Death of Microorganisms
Author(s): Unknown ICMSF (Author), International Commission on Microbial Specifications for Foods
- Publisher: Academic Press
- Publication Date: 2 Dec. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 336 pages
- ISBN-10: B01D4CMJJU
- ISBN-13: 9780323154871
Book Description
Microbial Ecology of Foods, Volume I: Factors Affecting Life and Death of Microorganisms presents valuable background information on the theoretical aspects of food microbiology. It is divided into 14 chapters that focus on the environmental factors affecting food microorganisms. These factors are temperature, irradiation, water activity, pH, acidity, organic acids, curing salts, antibiotics, gases, packaging, and cleaning systems. Each chapter explores the scientific principles of the specific environmental factor; methods of measurement; and effects on growth and viability of spoilage organisms and pathogens. The chapters also look into the control measures and interrelationships with the other factors. Some of the chapters deal with the effects of cell injury on survival and recovery of microorganisms in food and the metabolic aspects of mixed microbial populations. In each chapter, the reader has been directed to appropriate key publications for further study. This volume is particularly suitable as an undergraduate or postgraduate textbook for students who have had at least one course in general microbiology.
