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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />

Table <strong>of</strong> Content<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Tables<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Figures<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Abbreviations<br />

Summary <strong>of</strong> Content<br />

Declaration<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

Page Number<br />

viii<br />

x<br />

xi<br />

xiii<br />

xiv<br />

xvi<br />

Chapter 1- An introduction to Salmonella and bi<strong>of</strong>ilm formation<br />

1.1. Salmonella 1<br />

1.2. History <strong>of</strong> Typhoidal Salmonella 2<br />

1.3. Non-typhoidal Salmonella 2<br />

1.4. Clinical features <strong>of</strong> salmonellosis 3<br />

1.5. Treatment <strong>of</strong> Salmonella infection 4<br />

1.6. Sources <strong>of</strong> Salmonella contamination 4<br />

1.7. Predominant serovars implicated in food-borne<br />

5<br />

outbreaks<br />

1.8. Serotyping <strong>of</strong> Salmonella 5<br />

1.9. Methods used for epidemiological surveillance <strong>of</strong><br />

7<br />

Salmonella<br />

1.10. Zoonotic Infection - transmission from farm to fork 8<br />

1.11. Salmonellosis in <strong>Ireland</strong> 9<br />

1.12. Salmonella Agona 10<br />

1.12.1. Salmonella Agona – History <strong>of</strong> food-borne outbreaks 10<br />

1.12.2. Previously reported S. Agona outbreaks 12<br />

1.12.2.1. The Salmonella Agona SAGOXB.0066 outbreak 14<br />

1.12.2.2. The variant strain – remnants <strong>of</strong> SAGOXB.0066 16<br />

1.13. S. Typhimurium and “S. Typhimurium-like” strains 17<br />

1.14. S. Enteritidis 17<br />

1.15. Bi<strong>of</strong>ilm 18<br />

1.15.1. Structural components and genetic cues to bi<strong>of</strong>ilm 20<br />

development<br />

1.15.2. Identification through colony morphology 23<br />

1.15.3. Salmonella grown as a bi<strong>of</strong>ilm on food contact surfaces 24<br />

1.15.4. Methods for Bi<strong>of</strong>ilm analysis 25<br />

1.16. Biocides and Disinfectants 27<br />

1.16.1. Tolerance to disinfectants 28<br />

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