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Progress in Understanding Sub-lethal Injury of Listeria monocytogenes in Food

XUAN Xiaoting, DING Tian*, LIU Donghong   

  1. College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
  • Online:2015-02-15 Published:2015-02-10

Abstract:

Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a class of zoonotic foodborne pathogens. The presence of
sub-lethal injury of L. monocytogenes during food processing should not be ignored due to their self-repair capability under
proper conditions. Therefore, the presence of sub-lethal injury pathogens is one of the hidden dangers of food safety. The
detection and resuscitation of sub-lethal injury pathogens is one of the hottest topics of current research. By gathering and
combining the related research, this paper reviews current methods for the detection and resuscitation of sub-lethally injured
L. monocytogenes. Finally future trends in this area are also discussed.

Key words: sub-lethal injury, L. monocytogenes, detection, resuscitation, development trend

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