Table 2.
Listeria population (Log CFU g‐1) in samples of smoked salmon intentionally inoculated and then stored for up to 28 days at 6 ± 1 °C in absence as well as in presence of the cellulose nanofiber (CNF)‐only or the active CNF‐sakacin‐A mats
| Salmon + Listeria innocua | Salmon + Listeria innocua + CNF | Salmon + Listeria innocua + CNF‐sakacin‐A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Days | Log CFU g‐1 | Standard deviation | Growth value | Log CFU g‐1 | Standard deviation | Growth value | Log CFU g‐1 | Standard deviation | Growth value |
| 0 | 3.99 b | 0.08 | 0.00 | 3.99 b | 0.08 | 0.00 | 3.99 b | 0.08 | 0.00 |
| 7 | 5.38 c | 0.06 | +1.39 | 5.32 c | 0.13 | +1.34 | 3.22 a | 0.19 | −0.76 |
| 14 | 6.84 e | 0.06 | +2.85 | 7.29 e | 0.14 | +3.30 | 4.08 b | 0.30 | +0.09 |
| 21 | 8.74 f | 0.12 | +4.75 | 8.20 f | 0.14 | +4.21 | 5.90 cd | 0.11 | +1.91 |
| 28 | 8.90 f | 0.08 | +4.91 | 8.70 f | 0.29 | +4.71 | 6.08 d | 0.13 | +2.09 |
Means with different superscript letters are different (P < 0.05).