Survival of microbial films in the microwave oven
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 24 (11) , 1431-1433
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m78-230
Abstract
Air-dried films of Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Bacillus subtilis spores on membrane filters, exposed to 10 min full power (650 W, 2450 MHz) irradiation in a Toshiba model ER776BT microwave oven, showed a 5-, 2-, and 0-log reduction of viable organisms respectively. Suspensions of cells or spores in phosphate buffer treated under similar conditions showed 8 logs of killing within 30 s (S. cerevisiae), 45 s (E. coli), and by 10 min (B. subtilis spores) of exposure.Keywords
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