Prof. Dr. Anderson S. Sant'Ana

Research Interests

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Incidence, quantification and phenotypic and genotypic characterization of spoilage and pathogenic food microorganisms. Research on sporulating bacteria and heat resistant fungi of food importance; and beneficial microorganisms in food and beverages. Effects of operations and processing on spoilage microorganisms and important pathogens of foods. Thermobacteriology applied to food. Predictive behavior modeling of spoilage/pathogenic bacteria and mycotoxigenic fungi in food. Risk analysis. Construction, validation and application of quantitative risk assessment models for pathogenic bacteria, mycotoxigenic fungi and parasites/protozoa of importance in food.

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