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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Komora, Norton
• Maciel, Cláudia
• Pinto, Carlos A.
• Ferreira, Vânia
• Brandão, Teresa R.S.
• Saraiva, Jorge M.A.
• Castro, Sónia Marília
• Teixeira, Paula

Titel

Non-thermal approach to Listeria monocytogenes inactivation in milk: The combined effect of high pressure, pediocin PA-1 and bacteriophage P100

Ist Teil von

• Food microbiology, 2020-04, Vol.86, p.103315-103315, Article 103315

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Non-thermal food processing and replacement of chemical additives by natural antimicrobials are promising trends in the food industry. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the effect of a process which combines mild high hydrostatic pressure – HHP (200 and 300 MPa, 5 min, 10 °C), phage Listex™ P100 and the bacteriocin pediocin PA-1 as a new non-thermal process for destruction of Listeria monocytogenes (104 CFU mL−1 or 107 CFU mL−1) in milk. For inoculum levels of 104 CFU mL−1, HHP combined with phage P100 eliminated L. monocytogenes immediately after pressurization. When L. monocytogenes was inoculated at levels of 107 CFU mL−1, a synergistic effect between phage P100, pediocin PA-1 and HHP (300 MPa) on the inactivation of L. monocytogenes was observed during storage of milk at 4 °C. For non-pressure treated samples inoculated with phage or pediocin or both, L. monocytogenes counts decreased immediately after biocontrol application, but regrowth was observed in a few samples during storage. Phage particles were stable during refrigerated storage for seven days while pediocin PA-1 remained stable only during three days. Further studies will have to be performed to validate the findings of this work in specific applications (e.g. production of raw milk cheese). •Synergistic effect between phage P100, pediocin PA-1 and high pressure was demonstrated.•Listeria monocytogenes (104 CFU mL−1) eliminated in milk by the pressure-phage system, being comparable to HTST pasteurization.•The synergistic system (pressure-phage-pediocin) prevented L. monocytogenes regrowth during refrigerated storage.•Listeria monocytogenes regrowth was not prevented when hurdles were applied individually.•Phage particles were stable in milk during storage at 4 °C.