Browsing Articles publicats (Grup de Recerca en Postcollita) by Author "Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel"
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Adhesion and invasion of Listeria monocytogenes and interaction with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG after habituation on fresh-cut pear
Iglesias Valenzuela, María Belén; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Colás Medà, Pilar; Collazo Cordero, Cyrelys; Serrano Casasola, José Carlos Enrique; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel (Elsevier Ltd, 2017-07)Several foods are carriers of probiotic bacteria. Most species of the genus Lactobacillus are probiotics and common inhabitants of the human gastrointestinal tract. It is known that they contribute to the health of ... -
Antagonistic effect of probiotic bacteria against foodborne pathogens on fresh-cut pear
Iglesias Valenzuela, María Belén; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Anguera, Marina; Sabata, J.; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada (Elsevier Ltd, 2017-08)The use of probiotics as biopreservation agents of foodborne pathogens in food is becoming increasingly known. The aim of this work was to investigate the effectiveness of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (L rham. GG) and ... -
Antagonistic effect of Pseudomonas graminis CPA-7 against foodborne pathogens in fresh-cut apples under simulated commercial conditions
Alegre Vilas, Isabel; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Usall i Rodié, Josep; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Altisent Rosell, Rosa; Anguera, Marina (Elsevier, 2013)Recently, we reported that the application of the strain CPA-7 of Pseudomonas graminis, previously isolated from apple, could reduce the population of foodborne pathogens on minimally processed (MP) apples and peaches under ... -
Application of modified atmosphere packaging as a safety approach to fresh-cut fruits and vegetables
Sousa Oliveira, Márcia Patrícia de; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Usall i Rodié, Josep; Torres Sanchis, Rosario; Teixidó i Espasa, Neus; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada (Elsevier Ltd., 2015)This review provides an overview of the effect of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on the survival and growth of foodborne pathogens on fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. Substantial technological advances have been made ... -
Biopreservation of fresh-cut melon using the strain Pseudomonas graminis CPA-7
Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Altisent Rosell, Rosa; Usall i Rodié, Josep; Torres Sanchis, Rosario; Sousa Oliveira, Márcia Patrícia de; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada (Elsevier B.V., 2014)The use of biopreservation is a promising technique to ensure microbial safety of fresh-cut produce. The objective of this work was to test the effectiveness of the strain CPA-7 of Pseudomonas graminis against a cocktail ... -
Biopreservation of fresh-cut pear using Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and effect on quality and volatile compounds
Iglesias Valenzuela, María Belén; Echeverría Cortada, Gemma; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; López Fructuoso, Mª Luisa; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel (Elsevier, 2018-01)In recent years, the consumption of minimally processed fruit has increased. However, unfortunately, these products could be an appropriate vehicle for the transmission of foodborne pathogens. In this study, the antagonistic ... -
Biopreservative methods to control the growth of foodborne pathogens on fresh-cut lettuce
Sousa Oliveira, Márcia Patrícia de; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Colás Medà, Pilar; Usall i Rodié, Josep; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada (Elsevier B.V., 2015)Fruits and vegetables can become contaminated by foodborne pathogens such as Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, and it has been demonstrated that current industrial sanitizing treatments do ... -
Changes in the quality and antioxidant properties of fresh-cut melontreated with the biopreservative culture Pseudomonas graminis CPA-7 during refrigerated storage
Plaza, Lucía; Altisent Rosell, Rosa; Alegre Vilas, Isabel; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel (Elsevier B.V., 2016)The strain CPA-7 of Pseudomonas graminis, isolated from apple by our group, was reported to reduce the population of foodborne pathogens in minimally processed fruit. The aim of this work was to investigate its effect on ... -
Comparative study of improved vs. traditional apple cultivars and their aptitude to be minimally processed as "ready to eat" apple wedges
Altisent Rosell, Rosa; Plaza, Lucía; Alegre Vilas, Isabel; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel (Elsevier, 2014)The development of fresh-cut apple products requires the reconsideration of cultivar selection because different characteristics are required compared with those characteristics for the fresh market. The aim of this work ... -
Decontamination of fresh-cut broccoli with a water–assisted UV-C technology and its combination with peroxyacetic acid
Collazo Cordero, Cyrelys; Lafarga, Tomás; Aguiló-Aguayo, Ingrid; Marín Sáez, Jesús; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada (Elsevier, 2018)The effectiveness of a water-assisted UV-C (WUV) technology for the decontamination of fresh-cut broccoli from conventional and organic agricultural practices was evaluated as an alternative to chlorine sanitation. Several ... -
DNA-based methodologies to detect and quantify the postharvest biocontrol agent Pantoea agglomerans CPA-2 applied on oranges
Soto Muñoz, Lourdes; Teixidó i Espasa, Neus; Usall i Rodié, Josep; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Torres Sanchis, Rosario (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2016-11)Pantoea agglomerans strain CPA-2 is an effective biocontrol agent (BCA) for postharvest diseases of citrus and pome fruits. However, for registration purposes and to implement their use as effective control strategy, it ... -
Effect of pre-harvest conditions and postharvest storage time on the quality of whole and fresh-cut calçots (Allium cepa L.)
Zudaire Villanueva, Lorena; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Simó Cruanyes, Joan; Sans, Silvia; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Aguiló-Aguayo, Ingrid (Elsevier, 2019-01-23)Pre-harvest conditions such as cultivar, cultivation site and planting time could affect the storability, quality and shelf-life of fruit and vegetables. The influence of onion cultivar, cultivation site and planting time ... -
Effect of thermosonication on the bioaccessibility of antioxidant compounds and the microbiological, physicochemical, and nutritional quality of an anthocyanin-enriched tomato juice
Lafarga, Tomás; Ruiz-Aguirre, Isabel; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Bobo, Gloria; Aguiló-Aguayo, Ingrid (Springer, 2018)The aim of this study was to assess the potential of thermosonication as a strategy to obtain safe and high-quality tomato juice enriched in anthocyanins, formulated using strawberry processing co-products. Incorporation ... -
Effectiveness of a bacteriophage in reducing Listeria monocytogenes on fresh-cut fruits and fruit juices.
Sousa Oliveira, Márcia Patrícia de; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Colás Medà, Pilar; Anguera, Marina; Usall i Rodié, Josep; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel (Elsevier Ltd., 2014)Listeria monocytogenes is a serious foodborne pathogen and new strategies to control it in food are needed. Among them, bacteriophages hold attributes that appear to be attractive. The objective of this study was to ... -
Efficacy of chlorine, peroxyacetic acid and mild-heat treatment on the reduction of natural microflora and maintenance of quality of fresh-cut calçots (Allium cepa L.)
Zudaire Villanueva, Lorena; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Simó Cruanyes, Joan; Aguiló-Aguayo, Ingrid (Elsevier, 2018)Calçots are the immature floral stems of the second-year onion (Allium cepa L.) resprouts with economic importance in Spain. The effect of sodium hypochlorite, peroxyacetic acid and mild heat treatment on the microbiological, ... -
Evaluation of biocontrol capacity of Pseudomonas graminis CPA-7 against foodborne pathogens on fresh-cut pear and its effect on fruit volatile compounds
Iglesias Valenzuela, María Belén; López Fructuoso, Mª Luisa; Echeverría Cortada, Gemma; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Zudaire Villanueva, Lorena; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel (Elsevier, 2018)The application of microorganisms to control the growth of foodborne pathogens is an alternative to the use of chemical additives. In this work, Pseudomonas graminis CPA-7 was tested as a biocontrol agent against Salmonella ... -
Evaluation of postharvest calcium treatment and biopreservation with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG on the quality of fresh‐cut ‘Conference’ pears
Zudaire Villanueva, Lorena; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Plaza, Lucía; Iglesias Valenzuela, María Belén; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Aguiló-Aguayo, Ingrid (WileySociety of Chemical Industry, 2018)BACKGROUND Biological preservation with probiotic bacteria has arisen as an alternative to control the growth of foodborne pathogens on food. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of postharvest calcium ... -
Evaluation of Pseudomonas graminis CPA-7 as a biopreservation method for fresh-cut pear: Physicochemical, enzymatic, and nutritional quality
Zudaire Villanueva, Lorena; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Iglesias Valenzuela, María Belén; Plaza, Lucía; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Aguiló-Aguayo, Ingrid (SAGE Publications, 2018)Biological preservation methods with bacterial antagonists have emerged as alternatives to chemical sanitizers for extending shelf-life and reducing the population of pathogenic microorganisms. In addition, calcium plays ... -
Molecular tools applied to identify and quantify the biocontrol agent Pantoea agglomerans CPA-2 in postharvest treatments on oranges
Soto Muñoz, Lourdes; Teixidó i Espasa, Neus; Usall i Rodié, Josep; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Torres Sanchis, Rosario (Elsevier B.V., 2015)Pantoea agglomerans strain CPA-2 is an effective biocontrol agent (BCA) for postharvest diseases of citrus and pome fruit. To implement their use as a control strategy is necessary to study the traceability of BCAs in the ... -
Polyphenol composition, antioxidant capacity, and antimicrobial activity of the extracts obtained from industrial sour cherry pomace
Kołodziejczyk, Krzysztof; Sójka, Michał; Abadias i Sero, Mª Isabel; Viñas Almenar, Inmaculada; Guyot, Sylvain; Baron, Alain (Elsevier B.V., 2013)Polyphenol extracts from industrial sour cherry pomaces were characterized on polyphenol composition, antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity. Extracts of pomace were purified and freeze-dried. Preparations were ...