Analytical Food Microbiology. Ahmed E. Yousef

      

      Table of Contents

      1  COVER

      2  TITLE PAGE

      3  COPYRIGHT PAGE

      4  PREFACE

      5  PART I: BASICS OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY CHAPTER 1: LABORATORY SAFETY BACKGROUND PERSONAL SAFETY IN THE LABORATORY MATERIALS IN MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY PRACTICAL ASPECTS REFERENCE CHAPTER 2: SAMPLING FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD AND PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT THEORETICAL ASPECTS PRACTICING SAMPLING AND SAMPLE PREPARATION CHAPTER 3: ENUMERATION OF MICROORGANISMS IN FOOD INTRODUCTION PLATE COUNT METHOD MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD SELECTED REFERENCES QUESTIONS CHAPTER 4: PRACTICING BASIC TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES MEDIA PROCEDURE OVERVIEW SELECTED REFERENCES SESSION 1: DILUTION AND PLATING SESSION 2: POPULATION COUNTING AND COLONY STREAKING SESSION 3: MORPHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

      6  PART II: FOOD MICROBIOTA CHAPTER 5: AEROBIC MESOPHILIC PLATE COUNT INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES MEDIA PROCEDURE OVERVIEW SELECTED REFERENCES SESSION 1: SAMPLING, HOMOGENIZATION, DILUTION, PLATING, AND INCUBATION SESSION 2: COLONY COUNTING AND ISOLATION SESSION 3: EXAMINING COLONY AND CELL MORPHOLOGIES CHAPTER 6: MESOPHILIC SPOREFORMING BACTERIA INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES MEDIA AND INCUBATION CONDITIONS MICROSCOPY METHODS PROCEDURE OVERVIEW SELECTED REFERENCES SESSION 1: SAMPLE PREPARATION, PLATING, AND INCUBATION MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT PROCEDURE SESSION 2: SPORE ENUMERATION AND EXAMINING SPORULATION MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT PROCEDURE SESSION 3: MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF SPORES CHAPTER 7: Pseudomonas SPECIES AND OTHER SPOILAGE PSYCHROTROPHS INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES MEDIA AND TESTS PROCEDURE OVERVIEW SELECTED REFERENCES SESSION 1: SAMPLING AND PLATING PROCEDURE SESSION 2: ENUMERATION OF Pseudomonas SPECIES AND TESTING FOR ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY PROCEDURE SESSION 3: DETECTING ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY SESSION 4: ENUMERATION OF AEROBIC PSYCHROTROPHS CHAPTER 8: DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF Enterobacteriaceae IN FOOD INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES MEDIA AND TESTS PROCEDURE OVERVIEW SELECTED REFERENCES SESSION 1: PREPARATION OF MOST PROBABLE NUMBER TUBES SESSION 2: PRESUMPTIVE MPN DETERMINATION SESSION 3: PRESUMPTIVE MPN DETERMINATION AND CONFIRMATION SESSION 4: CONFIRMATION CHAPTER 9: EXAMINATION AND ENUMERATION OF FOODBORNE FUNGI INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES MEDIA PROCEDURE