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Review

Relevant Aspects of Clostridium estertheticum as a Specific Spoilage Organism of Vacuum-Packed Meat

Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 272, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Microorganisms 2019, 7(5), 142; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7050142
Submission received: 22 April 2019 / Revised: 12 May 2019 / Accepted: 16 May 2019 / Published: 20 May 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioprotection in Meat and Meat Products)

Abstract

Clostridium estertheticum is a psychrotolerant, gram-positive, motile, anaerobic, spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria that causes blown pack spoilage (BPS). Spoilage occurs in vacuum-packed meat without temperature abuse. Having been reported in the last 30 years in several countries, BPS by Cl. estertheticum is a major issue around the world and presents a huge economic impact on the meat industry. Despite being an important spoilage microorganism, studies on Cl. estertheticum are challenged by numerous aspects. These include, lack or poor growth in laboratory media, long culturing periods, and unpredictable isolation on the media. These factors hamper the detection of Cl. estertheticum before occurrence of BPS, which further undermines efforts to prevent the occurrence of BPS. Nevertheless, considerable developments have taken place with regard to culture-independent methods. Although information on Cl. estertheticum is available, it is limited and remains highly fragmented. Therefore, this review collates the available information and discusses relevant aspects of Cl. estertheticum as a specific spoilage organism of BPS in vacuum-packed meat.
Keywords: Clostridium estertheticum; blown pack spoilage; vacuum-packed meat; meat spoilage Clostridium estertheticum; blown pack spoilage; vacuum-packed meat; meat spoilage
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Wambui, J.; Stephan, R. Relevant Aspects of Clostridium estertheticum as a Specific Spoilage Organism of Vacuum-Packed Meat. Microorganisms 2019, 7, 142. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7050142

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Wambui J, Stephan R. Relevant Aspects of Clostridium estertheticum as a Specific Spoilage Organism of Vacuum-Packed Meat. Microorganisms. 2019; 7(5):142. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7050142

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Wambui, Joseph, and Roger Stephan. 2019. "Relevant Aspects of Clostridium estertheticum as a Specific Spoilage Organism of Vacuum-Packed Meat" Microorganisms 7, no. 5: 142. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7050142

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Wambui, J., & Stephan, R. (2019). Relevant Aspects of Clostridium estertheticum as a Specific Spoilage Organism of Vacuum-Packed Meat. Microorganisms, 7(5), 142. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7050142

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