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. 2015 Jun 24;6:599. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00599

TABLE 1.

Pressure-inactivation of different strains of E. coli in food.

Escherichia coli serotype (number of strains) or strain number P/T (MPa/°C) Time (min) Lethality2 Products (Reference)
Meat and meat products
O103:H5 (1) 600/24–30 3.3 3.3 Sausage Omer et al. (2010)
O157:H7 (4) 600/28–37 1–5 >4.7 RTE meats Porto-Fett et al. (2010)
O157:H7 (4) O157:NM 600/34 3 4 RTE meats Gill and Ramaswamy (2008)
O157:H7 (1) 400/12 20
5 × 5 × 5
4.39
4.96
Ground beef Morales et al. (2008)
O157:H7 (5) 400/20
400/–5
10 3
1
Ground beef Black et al. (2010)
O26, O121, O145 and O157 (4) 600/25 3 2–6 Ground beef Liu et al. (2015)
O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, O157 (11) 450/20 5 3.5–4.4 Ground beef Hsu et al. (2015)
AW1.7 and LMM1030 400/40 30 3–5 Ground poultry Liu et al. (2012)
PARC 449, 05-6544, 03-2832, 03-6430, and C0283
AW1.7, AS1.3, GM16.6, DM18.3, and MG1655
600/20 5 2
1.8
Ground beef Garcia-Hernandez et al. (2015)
O157:H7 FDA5187 400/30 20 1 Ground beef Baccus-Taylor et al. (2015)
Milk and dairy products
O59:H21 (1)

O157:H7 (1)
400/20 10 4.28

4.05
Cheese De Lamo-Castellví et al. (2006)
ATCC 11229 590/5 1 × 1 × 1 4 Milk Drake et al. (1997)
ATCC 43888 350/25 15 1 Skim milk Nakimbugwe et al. (2006)
O157:H7 (2) 350/50 5 >8 Milk Alpas and Bozoglu (2000)
ATCC 11303, ATCC 11775, MG1655, and ATCC 43888 550/20 15 2–6 Milk Garcia-Graells et al. (2000)
Fruit juices, vegetable, and fruit products
O157:H7 (5) 450/21 2 6 Strawberry puree Huang et al. (2013)
O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, O157 (11) 450/20 5 >9 Strawberry puree Hsu et al. (2014)
O157:H7 (2) 350/50 5 >8
1–2
Orange juice Alpas and Bozoglu (2000)
Orange juice
O157:H7 (1) 500/20 5
5
Tomato juice
5 Apple juice Jordan et al. (2001)
MG1655, LMM1010, LMM1030 400/20
300/20
15
15
1 – >4
1 – >4
Orange juice
Apple juice Garcia-Graells et al. (1998)
O157:H7 (3) 620/15 2 8.34

0.41
Grapefruit juice

Grapefruit juice Apple juice Teo et al. (2001)
O157:H7 (1) 550/6 2 1.92 Apple juice Whitney et al. (2008)
O157:H7 (6) 550/6 2 1–4.4 Apple juice Whitney et al. (2007)
ATCC 25922 400/25 3 4.82 Cashew apple juice Lavinas et al. (2008)
ATCC 11775 300/20 5
5
4
1
Kiwi fruit juice Pineapple juice Buzrul et al. (2008)
Pineapple juice Buzrul et al. (2008)
400/25 10 5 Apple pieces
LMM1010 400/40 10 >7 Apple pieces
400/40 10 5 Apple in 25% glucose Vercammen et al. (2012)
ATCC 25922, O157:H7 (2) 400/45
400/45
20
20
5.3
>7.7

Apple juice Ukuku et al. (2013)
O104:H4 400/42
300/50
10
10
3
3
Carrot juice (pH 5.1) Reineke et al. (2015)

1VTEC are printed in bold; laboratory selected pressure resistant mutant strains are printed in italics.

2Lethality: Reduction of log(CFU/g) or log(CFU/mL).