A Spicy Death for Bacteria in our Food


© Neal Rolfe Chamberlain

I ran across a great article you have to read. The Discovery Channel online has an article titled The Spice of Death - for Bacteria. I knew eating all that spicy Mexican and Indian food was good for me! In a nutshell, this article states that spices and herbs can kill bacteria. Recipes developed before the age of refrigeration used many more spices. Enough said by me. Go to that article.

I know what you are thinking. Chamberlain's having a bad writing week and is wimping out. You're right. However, that article is a good one and it does involve microbiology. Oh well, next week "Salmonella Kills Birds!"

To get some good spicy recipes try our Judy Howle's Suite 101 site.

Take Care and Think Microbiologically!

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8.   Jul 23, 1998 1:24 PM
Dear Bonnie,
If you go to PubMed online you can find that sort of info. In fact when I searched for Pseudomonas exotoxin I got 790 articles. If you ...

-- posted by NealC


7.   Jul 23, 1998 7:07 AM
bonnie miller
hello, I work as a QC Microbiologist and I have I question. Is there any literature or published papers discussing Pseudomonas exotoxins? I'm really looking for information on P.putida ...

-- posted by bonniem_4


6.   Jul 23, 1998 6:07 AM
Dear Jessica,
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. There is evidence that some herbs are able to kill bacteria. After doing a search for a meat spoilage organism one researcher found that an e ...

-- posted by NealC


5.   Jul 2, 1998 6:47 PM
Not that I know anything about the topic, but I was told once that alcoholic beverages will not need preserving because pathogens will not usually grow in alcohol. I heard this while my applied micro ...

-- posted by JessicaF


4.   May 22, 1998 7:27 AM
Elias,
I afraid you probably have more information than I on this topic. I would be interested in seeing what you have accumulated. I have thought it might be very interesting to examine some extra ...

-- posted by NealC





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