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Uv-C Treatment On The Safety Of Skim Milk: Effect On Microbial Inactivation And Cytotoxicity Evaluation, Danielle M. Ward, Ankit Patras, Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge, Sudheer K. Yannam, Che Pan, Hang Xiao, Michael Sasges Nov 2018

Uv-C Treatment On The Safety Of Skim Milk: Effect On Microbial Inactivation And Cytotoxicity Evaluation, Danielle M. Ward, Ankit Patras, Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge, Sudheer K. Yannam, Che Pan, Hang Xiao, Michael Sasges

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

The efficacy of UV-C irradiation as a nonthermal processing method for skim milk (SM) was investigated. SM inoculated with two surrogate viruses (MS2 and T1UV), and three bacteria (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ATCC 13311, and Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115) was treated with Deanflow UV-C irradiation, a spiral reactor with the fluid pumped around a central low-pressure mercury UV lamp (40 W) emitting at 254 nm wave-length. A series of known UV doses (0–168.33 mJ·cm2) were delivered to the samples. The microbial loads of MS2, T1UV, E. coli, Salmonella, and Listeria were …


Acinetobacter Bacteriophage Discovery In Soil, Michael Plaskett Feb 2018

Acinetobacter Bacteriophage Discovery In Soil, Michael Plaskett

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Publications

The Acinetobacter genus is home to a wide range of bacteria that are gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, oxidase-negative, catalase positive, and coccobacilli with a G+C content of 39 to 47% (Bergogne-Berezin, 1996). These bacteria are universal as they reside in the soil, water, sewage, various surfaces; and are also able to infect humans; however, a majority of the infections are caused by the species Acinetobacter baumannii. This bacterium is the most prevalent etiological cause of the Acinetobacter infections due to it being a nosocomial infection or one that is acquired in a health care setting. The infections that occur in a …