Shouhei Hirose, Noriko Konishi, Mika Sato, Kyouhei Suzumura, Hiromi Obata, Kayoko Otsuka, Rie Doi, Keiichi Goto, Akemi Kai, Sakura Arai, Yukiko Hara-Kudo
Escherichia albertii is an emerging foodborne pathogen that causes diarrhea. E. albertii has been isolated from various foods, including pork and chicken meat, and environmental waters, such as river water. Although many food poisoning cases have been reported, there have been insufficient analyses of bacterial population behaviors in food and environmental water. In this study, we inoculated 2-5 log CFU of E. albertii into 25 g of pork, chicken meat, Japanese rock oyster, Pacific oyster, and 300 mL of well water and seawater at 4°C, 10°C, 20°C, and 30°C, and analyzed the bacterial population behavior in food and environmental water...
February 19, 2024: Journal of Food Protection