PMID- 406844
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19770825
LR  - 20210526
IS  - 0099-2240 (Print)
IS  - 1098-5336 (Electronic)
IS  - 0099-2240 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 5
DP  - 1977 May
TI  - Methyl bromide as a microbicidal fumigant for tree nuts.
PG  - 1184-91
AB  - Methyl bromide (MeBr) has broad microbicidal activity, but its use as a 
      disinfectant for food is limited by the resulting bromide residues. Increasing 
      the MeBr concentration, exposure temperature, or exposure period of a treatment 
      tended to increase both the microbicidal efficacy of MeBr and the bromide 
      residues. Its sporicidal activity was less at high than at low relative humidity 
      within the range of 20 to 99%. Both the efficacy and the resulting residues of a 
      MeBr treatment varied inversely with the load of product in a fumigation chamber 
      due to sorption of the fumigant. Fumigation tests with almond kernels inoculated 
      with Escherichia coli or Salmonella typhimurium indicated that MeBr can be used 
      to disinfect whole nut kernels without resulting in excessive bromide residues, 
      although the MeBr level necessary is higher than that normally used for insect 
      control.
FAU - Schade, J E
AU  - Schade JE
FAU - King, A D Jr
AU  - King AD Jr
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Appl Environ Microbiol
JT  - Applied and environmental microbiology
JID - 7605801
RN  - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents)
RN  - 0 (Anti-Infective Agents)
RN  - 0 (Bromides)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anti-Bacterial Agents
MH  - *Anti-Infective Agents
MH  - Bacillus megaterium/drug effects
MH  - Bacillus subtilis/drug effects
MH  - Bromides/*pharmacology
MH  - Escherichia coli/*drug effects
MH  - Food Contamination
MH  - *Food Microbiology
MH  - Fumigation
MH  - Fungi/drug effects
MH  - *Nuts
MH  - Salmonella typhimurium/*drug effects
MH  - Spores, Bacterial/drug effects
MH  - Temperature
PMC - PMC170846
EDAT- 1977/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 2001/03/28 10:01
PMCR- 1977/05/01
CRDT- 1977/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1977/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/03/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 1977/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1977/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1128/aem.33.5.1184-1191.1977 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appl Environ Microbiol. 1977 May;33(5):1184-91. doi: 
      10.1128/aem.33.5.1184-1191.1977.