期刊
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
卷 80, 期 8, 页码 1337-1346出版社
INT ASSOC FOOD PROTECTION
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-17-064
关键词
Cold plasma; Enterobacter aerogenes; Fresh produce; Microbial inactivation; Nonthermal; Surface roughness
资金
- New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
This study investigates the efficacy of cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) on microbial inactivation as influenced by surface roughness of two types of surfaces: sandpaper and fresh fruit peel. Different grits of closed-coat sandpaper were selected, with their roughness (P-q) values ranging from 6 to 16 mu m. Apple, orange, and cantaloupe peels were selected for roughness values that were similar to the sandpapers. The sandpapers and the fruit peel surfaces were spot inoculated with Enterobacter aerogenes (10(9) CFU/63.64 cm(2)) and exposed to CAPP for 492 s. Similar microbial enumeration techniques were used for both systems to quantify the microbial inactivation. The smoothest sandpaper showed a 0.52-log higher inactivation of E. aerogenes (2.08 log CFU/63.64 cm(2) sandpaper surface inactivation) than did the roughest sandpaper (1.56 log CFU/63.64 cm(2) sandpaper surface inactivation), and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The smoothest fresh fruit peel surface (apple) showed a 1.25-log higher inactivation of the microorganism (1.86 log CFU/63.64 cm(2) fruit peel surface inactivation) than did the roughest fresh fruit peel surface (cantaloupe; 0.61 log CFU/63.64 cm(2) fruit peel surface inactivation), and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). As the surface roughness increased, microbial inactivation efficacy of CAPP decreased for both systems. The results from sandpaper show that, in a scenario in which the surface roughness was the only parameter of difference, the microbial inactivation efficacy of CAPP decreased with increasing surface roughness. The results from fruit surfaces show high variability and were not directly predictable from the sandpaper data. This suggests that the microbial inactivation efficacy of CAPP in real-world food systems, such as on fresh fruit peels, is affected by factors in addition to surface roughness.
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