Dynamic analysis of competitive growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in raw ground beef

Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in raw ground beef under competition from background flora. The growth of E. coli O157:H7 was observed in sterile irradiated and non-irradiated raw ground beef under dynamically changing temperature conditions. A one-step dynamic analysis method was used to directly construct tertiary models for describing bacterial growth with and without competition and to estimate the kinetic parameters from dynamic growth curves to prove the hypothesis that the growth of E. coli O157:H7 was significantly affected by competition from background flora in raw ground beef. The one-step dynamic method successfully modelled the growth of E. coli O157:H7 and background flora in ground beef and the competition between the two. The estimated minimum growth temperature for E. coli O157:H7 was 7.7 °C, and the maximum cell concentration was 9.0 log CFU/g in irradiated ground beef. Under competition, the specific growth rate of E. coli O157:H7 was reduced by approximately 18% in raw ground beef. The resulting dynamic models and kinetic parameters were validated with separate dynamic growth data, showing that the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of prediction was The results of this study demonstrated that the one-step dynamic analysis is a useful and efficient method for investigating bacterial growth with and without competition under dynamic conditions and for developing growth kinetic models. Since the dynamic models have been validated, they can be used to predict the shelf-life of ground beef (background flora) and conduct risk assessment of E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 STEC.

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