MeSH headings : Acetic Acid / pharmacology; Animals; Cattle; Colony Count, Microbial; Escherichia coli O157 / drug effects; Escherichia coli O157 / growth & development; Escherichia coli O157 / metabolism; Food Microbiology; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Models, Biological; Sodium Chloride / pharmacology; Vegetables / microbiology

TL;DR: The data revealed a protective effect of NaCl concentration on cell survival for selected acetic acid concentrations, and decreases in intracellular pH were significantly correlated with the corresponding times required to achieve a 5-log reduction in the number of bacteria. (via Semantic Scholar)