Environmental swabs and meat samples from two of three seafood
processing plants sampled on the Oregon Coast were found to
contain Salmonella. Although these enteropathogens were not isolated
from the finished products, the danger of contamination is great
since the processing received by many seafoods is not designed to
yield...
A laboratory-prepared hot-water extract of yeast is required
for vigorous growth of San Francisco sourdough bacteria (Lactobacillus
sanfrancisco) in pure culture. This requirement was examined
with the goal of determining what is unique about fresh yeast extractives
(commercial extractives exhibit much lower growth promoting
activity), and which components of fresh...