Survival of Pathogens in Food Processing Environments.

The study of the colonization, growth and survival of microbial pathogens in biofilms leading to a fuller understanding of this process in food processing environments and improved eradication methods.
<ul> <LI> To use different continuous culture systems for the preparation of multispecies microbial biofilms containing pathogenic microorganisms.
<LI> To develop microscopic methods to visualize, identify, and quantify pathogenic microorganisms within biofilms.
<LI> To study the influence of different ecological factors on the survival of microbial pathogens in biofilms.