Corrigendum to “Assessing accumulation (growth and internal mobility) of Salmonella Typhimurium LT2 in fresh-cut cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L.) for optimization of decontamination strategies” [Food Control 32 (2013) 574–581]

Se analizó la sobrevivencia de Salmonella typhimurium sola y asociada con Rhizopus sp. en frutos de melón 'Cantaloupe' (Cucumis melo L.) var. reticulatus durante el almacenamiento en frío con atmósferas controladas (AC). Frutos de tamaño uniforme se inocularon con 8.2 log10 UFC de una cepa de S. typhimurium ATCC2356, resistente a kanamicina (Km), y se almacenaron en las atmósferas: AC1 con O2 3 %, CO2 12 % y N2 85 %; AC2 con O2 5 %, CO2 15 % y N2 80 %; y aire con O2 20.95 %, CO2 0.03 % y N2 78.08 %, a 3.7 ºC y humedad relativa (HR) de 93.6 ± 5.9 % por 192 h. Cada 48 h se extrajo un fruto en el que se tomaron muestras de tejido inoculado para pruebas de detección en agar entérico Hektoen con Km (50 μg mL-1). Los resultados mostraron que S. typhimurium puede sobrevivir en la superficie del fruto en las atmosferas refrigeradas AC1, AC2 y aire; sin embargo, bajo estas condiciones la población bacteriana registró un decremento (P ≤ 0.05) de 3.7, 4.3 y 4.75 log10 UFC por fruto, respectivamente. La presencia de Rhizopus sp. no afectó la capacidad de sobrevivir de la bacteria ni el nivel de su población en AC2 y aire en condiciones similares de temperatura y HR. Se evidencia así la capacidad de S. typhimurium para sobrevivir en atmósferas con alta concentración de CO2 y condiciones adversas de temperatura, así como de la importancia de prevenir la contaminación del melón 'Cantaloupe' durante su producción y comercialización.

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Storage Life and Deterioration of Intact Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) Fruit Treated with 1-Methylcyclopropene and Fresh-cut Cantaloupe Prepared from Fruit Treated with 1-Methylcyclopropene Before Processing

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.43.2.435 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 435-438 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jiwon Jeong ◽

Jeffrey K. Brecht ◽

Donald J. Huber ◽

Steven A. Sargent

Keyword(s):

Shelf Life ◽

Cucumis Melo ◽

Storage Life ◽

Flesh Color ◽

C Storage ◽

Soluble Solid ◽

Ethylene Action ◽

Fresh Cut ◽

Preliminary Research ◽

Cucumis Melo L

A study was conducted to determine the influence of the ethylene action inhibitor, 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), on the shelf life and deterioration during storage at 5 °C of intact netted muskmelon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) fruit and fresh-cut cubes prepared from those fruit. ‘Durango’, ‘Magellan’, and ‘7920’ fruit (3/4 to full-slip stage) were treated with 1-MCP (1.0 μL·L−1) for 24 h at 20 °C. Preliminary research with ‘Athena’ muskmelon had shown that the more physiologically advanced distal pericarp tissue developed significantly more watersoaking than the less advanced proximal and center portions during 5 °C storage; therefore, after treatment with 1-MCP and cooling to 5 °C, the center portions of the fruit were used to prepare the fresh-cut samples. Fresh-cut cubes and intact fruit were stored for 12 d at 5 °C. Intact fruit of all tested cultivars responded to 1-MCP application with improved firmness retention during storage, but no watersoaking was observed in intact fruit. The effect of 1-MCP treatment on the firmness retention and watersoaking of fresh-cut cubes from the different cultivars was inconsistent. Exposure of muskmelon fruit to 1-MCP did not significantly influence the flesh color or soluble solid contents of either intact fruit or fresh-cut cubes during storage at 5 °C.

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