AUTHOR=Boll Erik J. , Marti Roger , Hasman Henrik , Overballe-Petersen Søren , Stegger Marc , Ng Kim , Knøchel Susanne , Krogfelt Karen A. , Hummerjohann Joerg , Struve Carsten TITLE=Turn Up the Heat—Food and Clinical Escherichia coli Isolates Feature Two Transferrable Loci of Heat Resistance JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=8 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00579 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2017.00579 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=
Heat treatment is a widely used process to reduce bacterial loads in the food industry or to decontaminate surfaces, e.g., in hospital settings. However, there are situations where lower temperatures must be employed, for instance in case of food production such as raw milk cheese or for decontamination of medical devices such as thermo-labile flexible endoscopes. A recently identified locus of heat resistance (LHR) has been shown to be present in and confer heat resistance to a variety of