Study of the bacterial load in a gelatine production process focussed on Bacillus and related endosporeforming genera

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 611-617

  De Clerck, Elke ^a,b   De Vos, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Characterisation and identification; Gelatine

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FATTY ACID ESTER; GELATIN; GELATINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; ENTEROCOCCUS; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; YERSINIA;

ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS BADIUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS FUMARIOLI; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS AGRI; BREVUNDIMONAS; BURKHOLDERIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; KLUYVERA; PAENIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; YERSINIA;

EID: 0036962255     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/07232020260517751     Document Type: Article

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