Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Oyarzabal, Omar"

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Attachment of Listeria Monocytogenes to Austenitic Stainless Steel

Mai, Tam (2006-08-15)

The objectives of this research were: 1. Investigate the attachment of Listeria monocytogenes, which were grown in nutrient-rich medium (brain heart infusion, BHI) or starved in minimal medium, to austenitic stainless ...

Chemical Sensing Employing pH Sensitive Emeraldine Base Thin Film for Carbon Dioxide Detection

Irimia-Vladu, Mihai (2006-08-15)

Respiration, or CO2 evolution, is a universal indicator for all the biological activities. Among many potential applications, the measurement of CO2 evolution has been found to be a rapid and nondestructive means for ...

Comparison of Plate Media for Isolation of Campylobacter from Live Broilers and Scheduled Delivery of Broiler Flocks to Reduce Cross-contamination with Campylobacter

Potturi-Venkata, Lakshmi-Pras (2006-12-15)

Campylobacters are bacteria that are a major cause of diarrheal illness in humans and are generally regarded as the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Disease control studies have demonstrated that ...

Development of a Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for the Indentification of Campylobacter jejuni

Wei, Dong (2006-08-15)

Bacteria are the most common foodborne pathogens, which can cause common, distressing, sometimes life-threatening foodborne diseases to any human around the world, especially elderly, debilitated, compromised people (cancer, ...

The Development of Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Campylobacter jejuni

Liu, Lin (2008-08-15)

Campylobacter jejuni (and related species) has been recognized as the most common pathogen that causes human bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. It is the major cause of food-borne illnesses in the developed countries. ...

Effect of Different Atmospheres for Isolation, Molecular Characterization, Pathogenicity Gene Screening, and Control of Campylobacter spp. from Processed Broiler Meat

Hussain, Syeda (2009-05-04)

Our first experiments involved the studies of the effects of Oxyrase®, an enzyme based membrane system that selectively reduces oxygen from the medium, during the growth and isolation of Campylobacter spp. The effect of ...

Effects of cool water washing of shell eggs on haugh unit, vitelline membrane strength, aerobic bacteria, yeast, and mold

Caudill, Amber (2007-12-15)

Most retail shell eggs in the United States are washed in water that can be upwards of 49°C which increases the internal temperature of shell eggs. After processing, internal egg temperatures may be 6.1 to 7.8°C higher ...

Evaluation of Subtyping Methods for the Characterization of Campylobacter Strains from Different Geographical Areas

Miller, Robert (2008-12-15)

Bacterial foodborne diseases are a common cause of lost productivity for industrially developed nations. In developing nations, these illnesses can be deadly for the young, elderly, and immunocompromised. The ability to ...

Functional and Genetic Analysis of Plant Transcription Factors Involved in the Plant Growth Under Various Environmental Conditions

Yuan, Kun (2008-05-15)

Arabidopsis serves as a model system for the plant molecular biology. Many biotic and abiotic factors affect plant growth from seed germination to mature plant growth. External factors studied in our research include ...

In Vitro Survival of Campylobacter jejuni And Campylobacter coli at Low pH

Shaheen, Bashar (2006-05-15)

A series of experiments were performed to investigate the effect of pre-exposure to acidic conditions of early exponential and stationary-phase cells of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli. The sublethal acid exposure to ...

Use of a Scald Additive to Reduce Levels of Salmonella During Poultry Processing

Townsend, Julie (2006-12-15)

The risk of cross contamination of food-borne pathogens such as Salmonella during poultry processing remains of great concern to the poultry industry. One of the most critical steps in poultry processing where cross ...

Use of Cellulose Filters to Isolate Naturally Occurring Campylobacter spp. from Contaminated Retail Broiler Meat and Survival of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in Retail Broiler Meat

Speegle, Leslie (2009-12-14)

Campylobacter spp. are indicated as the most common cause of bacteria-related food-borne illness. Campylobacter is present at all steps of the food cycle (i.e. poultry farm, processing plant, retail store, and consumer ...