How long does salmonella live on surfaces?
Question
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.Morbi adipiscing gravdio, sit amet suscipit risus ultrices eu.Fusce viverra neque at purus laoreet consequa.Vivamus vulputate posuere nisl quis consequat.
Answer ( 1 )
following are the factors requires of the Maintainance of the salmonella :
water activity=0.94
temperature 35-37 Celcius
pH 5.5 or below
salmonella survive longer in humid condition as well
due to all these above factor salmonella survive on the surface. salmonella can survive on a dry surface for 4days- month.
generally speaking, salmonella survive on dry surface for 7-14 weeks and on wet surface salmonella survive for 1-2 months
Hope you got the point.
thanks