Montville, Thomas J.
Food microbiology : an introduction / Thomas J. Montville and Karl R. Matthews. - Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2005. - xvi, 380 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Basics of food microbiology -- The trajectory of food microbiology -- Microbial growth, survival, and death in foods -- Spores and their significance -- Detection and enumeration of microbes in food -- Rapid and automated microbial methods -- Indicator microorganisms and microbiological criteria -- Gram-negative food-borne pathogenic bacteria -- Salmonella species -- Campylobacter jejuni -- Enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli -- Yersinia enterocolitica -- Shigella species -- Vibrio species -- Gram-positive food-borne pathogenic bacteria -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Staphylococcus aureus -- Clostridium botulinum -- Clostridium perfringens -- Bacillus cereus -- Other microbes important in food -- Fermentative organisms -- Spoilage organisms -- Molds -- Viruses and prions -- Control of microorganisms in food -- Chemical antimicrobials -- Biologically based preservation systems and probiotics -- Physical methods of food preservation -- Industrial strategies of ensuring safe food -- Index.
1555813089 (hardcover)
2004017880
Food--Microbiology.
QR115 / .M625 2005
664/.001/579
Food microbiology : an introduction / Thomas J. Montville and Karl R. Matthews. - Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2005. - xvi, 380 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Basics of food microbiology -- The trajectory of food microbiology -- Microbial growth, survival, and death in foods -- Spores and their significance -- Detection and enumeration of microbes in food -- Rapid and automated microbial methods -- Indicator microorganisms and microbiological criteria -- Gram-negative food-borne pathogenic bacteria -- Salmonella species -- Campylobacter jejuni -- Enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli -- Yersinia enterocolitica -- Shigella species -- Vibrio species -- Gram-positive food-borne pathogenic bacteria -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Staphylococcus aureus -- Clostridium botulinum -- Clostridium perfringens -- Bacillus cereus -- Other microbes important in food -- Fermentative organisms -- Spoilage organisms -- Molds -- Viruses and prions -- Control of microorganisms in food -- Chemical antimicrobials -- Biologically based preservation systems and probiotics -- Physical methods of food preservation -- Industrial strategies of ensuring safe food -- Index.
1555813089 (hardcover)
2004017880
Food--Microbiology.
QR115 / .M625 2005
664/.001/579