Rapid differentiation and enumeration of the total, viable vegetative cell and spore content of thermophilic bacilli in milk powders with reference to Anoxybacillus flavithermus

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1246-1255

  Rueckert, Andreas ^a   Ronimus, R S ^a   Morgan, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell enumeration; DNase I; Ethidium monoazide bromide; Live dead cell differentiation; Milk powder; Quantitative PCR; Spores; Thermophilic bacilli

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POWDERS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENUMERATION; DEAD CELLS; DNASE I; ETHIDIUM MONOAZIDE; ETHIDIUM MONOAZIDE BROMIDE; LIVE/DEAD CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MILK POWDER; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SPORE; THERMOPHILIC BACILLI;

CELLS;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANIMALIA; ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS; BACILLI; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 26044436095     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02728.x     Document Type: Article

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