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INNOVATIVE FOOD SCIENCE & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 28, Issue -, Pages 52-58Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2015.01.001
Keywords
Decontamination; Total fluence; Bacterial spores; Population cell density; Light exposure; Transmittance; Physiological state
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- Department of Environment, Territorial Planning, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government
- Department of Education, Universities and Research of the Basque Government
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The effect of pulsed light (PL) on the inactivation of vegetative cells and spores of Bacillus subtilis and Geobacillus stearothermophilus at different cell densities was evaluated. The antimicrobial effect of PL decreased when population density increased, both for vegetative cells and spores of B. subtilis and G. stearothermophilus. For low cell densities, vegetative cells were more sensitive to PL than spores. However, lower reductions in vegetative cell counts were shown for higher cell densities, which could be attributed to the fact that vegetative cell suspensions transmitted less amount of light than spores. Concerning the resistance of both microorganisms, lower reduction in G. stearothermophilus than B. subtilis counts were found for the same cell density. When cell suspensions with similar light transmittance were compared, vegetative cells of B. subtilis were found to be more sensitive than the ones of G. stearothermophilus, while the spores of G. stearothemophilus were less resistant to PL. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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