Desiccation strategies of Cronobacter sakazakii to survive in low moisture foods and environment

E Lang, MS Rhee, MPMBB Gonçalves… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Cronobacter sakazakii is one of the pathogens of significant concern in
powdered infant formula (PIF), with a death rate of up to 80% infection. However, PIF is …

Microbial anhydrobiosis

J Bosch, G Varliero, JE Hallsworth… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The loss of cellular water (desiccation) and the resulting low cytosolic water activity are
major stress factors for life. Numerous prokaryotic and eukaryotic taxa have evolved …

Insights into the mechanisms of Cronobacter sakazakii virulence

K Phair, SG Pereira, C Kealey, S Fanning… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cronobacter species have adapted to survive harsh conditions, particularly in the food
manufacture environment, and can cause life-threatening infections in susceptible hosts …

Processing environment monitoring in low moisture food production facilities: Are we looking for the right microorganisms?

F Bourdichon, R Betts, C Dufour, S Fanning… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Processing environment monitoring is gaining increasing importance in the context of food
safety management plans/HACCP programs, since past outbreaks have shown the …

Cronobacter spp. in foods of plant origin: occurrence, contamination routes, and pathogenic potential

CF Cechin, GG Carvalho, CP Bastos… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cronobacter is an emerging bacterial pathogen associated with infections such as
necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, and meningitis in neonates and infants, related to the …

Desiccation-induced cell damage in bacteria and the relevance for inoculant production

VRG Greffe, J Michiels - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Plant growth–promoting bacteria show great potential for use in agriculture although efficient
application remains challenging to achieve. Cells often lose viability during inoculant …

Environmental risk factors associated with the survival, persistence, and thermal tolerance of Cronobacter sakazakii during the manufacture of powdered infant …

R Chauhan, BD Tall, G Gopinath, W Azmi… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cronobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic foodborne pathogen of concern for foods having
low water activity such as powdered infant formula (PIF). Its survival under desiccated stress …

[HTML][HTML] Food safety risks and contributing factors of Cronobacter spp.

N Ling, X Jiang, S Forsythe, D Zhang, Y Shen, Y Ding… - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Cronobacter species are a group of Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens, which cause
meningitis, septicemia, and necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates and infants, with …

Cronobacter Species in the Built Food Production Environment: A Review on Persistence, Pathogenicity, Regulation and Detection Methods

ZE Mousavi, K Hunt, L Koolman, F Butler, S Fanning - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The powdered formula market is large and growing, with sales and manufacturing
increasing by 120% between 2012 and 2021. With this growing market, there must come an …

Metabolomics investigation of global responses of Cronobacter sakazakii against common sanitizing in infant formula processing environments

Z Lin, G Wang, K Zhang, S Jiang, S Li… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cronobacter sakazakii, an opportunistic bacterium, has raised a serious outbreak in
powdered infant formula recent years. In this work, four sanitizing strategies used during …