title: Inactivation of Yersinia enterocolitica by nitrite and nitrate in food.
abstract: The antimicrobial effects of sodium nitrite and sodium and potassium nitrate against Yersinia enterocolitica were investigated in solution and in treated pork meat. Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate showed only feeble antimicrobial activity in cultures; no antimicrobial activity was detected with sodium nitrite. Conversely, all three salts displayed apparent antimicrobial activity in pork meat, possibly due to selective effects on competitive flora.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Giusti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Vito
mesh_terms: D005503:Food Additives; D005516:Food Microbiology; D009566:Nitrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D012977:Sodium Nitrite / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D005503:Food Additives; D009566:Nitrates; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C031618:sodium nitrate; D012977:Sodium Nitrite; C023844:potassium nitrate