Wyoming Researchers Find Substance that Helps Listeria Survive
Source (text below and photo at left): University of Wyoming. In photo: Kurt Miller (left), a UW professor of molecular biology, and Volkan Koseoglu, a UW student in in the Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences Ph.D. program, observe clumping of cells in exopolysaccharide (EPS). The two researchers contributed to a paper that shows that EPS greatly increases survival to disinfectants and desiccation of Listeria monocytogenes.
University of Wyoming researchers have discovered a substance that greatly increases the survival of Listeria monocytogenes, a foodborne bacterial pathogen that contaminates processed meat and milk products, as well as fresh produce.