T03 Pathogens and Antimicrobials Technical Session

Glen 206
Convenors: Wendy Maduff and Fred Breidt

8:30 a.m. T3-01 Antimicrobial Activities of Plant Compounds against Escherichia coli O157: H7 and Salmonella Enterica Serovar Hadar in Tomato and Vegetable Juices and in a Tomato/Pectin Edible Film Formulation— Mendel Friedman, Philip R. Henika, Carl W. Olsen, Roberto J. Avena Bustillos and Tara McHugh, USDA-ARS-WRRC, Albany, CA, USA

8:45 a.m. T3-02 Effect of Microencapsulated Lactobacillus reuteri on Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Dry Fermented Sausages— Parthiban Muthukumarasamy and Richard Holley, Canadian Meat Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada

9:00 a.m. T3-03 New Primer Set Improves Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Environmental Samples— Wendy Maduff and Trevor Suslow, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA

9:15 a.m. T3-04 Multi-drug Resistance Profiles of Generic Escherichia coli from Commercial and Natural (Organic) Bovine Feedlot Lagoon Water— Mindi Russell and Daniel Y.C. Fung, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

9:30 a.m. T3-05 A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Pasteurization and High Pressure Processing on the Stability and Infectivity of Bovine Rotavirus— Dayna Swiatek, Alvin Lee, Enzo Palombo, John Coventry, and Carl Kirkwood, University of Melbourne, Kensington, Victoria, Australia

9:45 a.m. T3-06 Subtyping of Salmonella Enterica subsp. Enterica Serotypes from Human and Cattle Clinical Isolates in New York State Region by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Serotyping— Yesim Soyer, D. Schoonmaker-Bopp, S.D. Alcaine, E.B. Fugett, L.D. Warnick, P. McDonough, N.B. Dumas, Y. Grohn and M. Wiedmann, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

10:00 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. T3-07 Population Genetics of Virulence Potential in Environmental Reservoirs of Vibrio vulnificus—Maria Chatzidaki-Livanis, Michael A. Hubbard, Katrina Gordon, Valerie J. Harwood, and Anita c. Wright, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

10:45 a.m. T3-08 Quantitative Determination and Toxigenicity of Bacillus Species Associated with Raw and Cooked Rice—Mi-Hwa Oh and Julian Cox, The University of New South Wales, Food Science and Technology, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

11:00 a.m. T3-09 Destruction of Bacterial Pathogens in Non-heated Acidified Vegetable Products— Fred Breidt, USDA-ARS and NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

11:15 a.m. T3-10 Role of Biofilm Growth in Campylobacter jejuni Oxidative Stress Response— David Brookes, Nicole Baran, Carney Matheson, Heidi Schraft, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

11:30 a.m. T3-11 Effect of Chitosans and Chitoligosaccharides upon Growth of Microorganisms Contaminating Foods— João C. Fernandes, Sandra Borges, Tânia Ribas, Freni K. Tavaria, José A. Lopes da Silva, Manuela E. Pintado, and F. Xavier Malcata, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal