Aerobic spore-forming bacteria in bulk raw milk: Factors influencing the numbers of psychrotrophic, mesophilic and thermophilic Bacillus spores

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 100-107

  McGuiggan, James T M ^b   McCleery, David R ^a,b   Hannan, Alan ^b   Gilmour, Arthur ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk raw milk; Interaction with milk components; Meteorological factors; Recovery of Bacillus spp.

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; METAL ION;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL COUNT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMIDITY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SPOROGENESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036325766     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0307.2002.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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