Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2099758 | Trends in Food Science & Technology | 2015 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
The purpose of this timely review is to critically appraise and to assess the potential significance of best-published microbial inactivation kinetic data generated by pulsed light (PL). The importance of selecting different inactivation models to describe the PL inactivation kinetics is highlighted. Current methods for the detection of viable-but-nonculturable (VBNC) organisms post PL-treatments are outlined along with the limitations of these methods within food microbiology. Greater emphasis should be placed on elucidating appropriate inactivation kinetic model(s) to cater for the occurrence of these VBNC organisms that are underestimated in number using traditional culture-based enumeration methods. Finally, the importance of further molecular and combinational research to tackle the potential threat posed by VBNC organisms with regard to kinetic inactivation modelling and nexus to public health and food safety is presented.
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Authors
Neil J. Rowan, Vasilis P. Valdramidis, Vicente M. Gómez-López,