In this video, Priscilla Piller, Project Manager at Novolyze explains what a surrogate microorganism is and presents the main characteristics that define a good surrogate.
Since the use of pathogens is not permitted in processing facilities, surrogates offer a gold standard solution to conduct in-plant validation studies.
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