Food Microbiology Fundamentals, Challenges and Health Implications

By Elaine Perkins

The authors of this book discuss the most recent advancements in food microbiology research. Chapters include a review on the factors which help to choose the conditions that assure food microbial stability and contribute to food safety and quality; an examination of the prevalence of one of the most important food-borne pathogens, L. monocytogenes, particularly in fruits and vegetables; emerging bacteria detection methods in food and culture media using mass spectrometry (MS); detection techniques of Salmonella, of which infections from animal food play an important role in public health and particularly in food safety; and case studies of yeasts in fruit wine fermentations, which can have important implications for developing fruit wine and can contribute to an important advancements in any fermentation products.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 035958473X
• ISBN13: 9780359584734
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Lulu Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"