Survival of thermophilic spore-forming bacteria in a 90+ year old milk powder from Ernest Shackelton's Cape Royds Hut in Antarctica

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-243

  Ronimus, Ron S ^a   Rueckert, Andreas ^a   Morgan, Hugh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anoxybacillus flavithermus; Antarctica; Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus subtilis; Geobacillus stearothermophilus; Milk powder; RAPD PCR; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; CATTLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACILLUS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33646458849     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029906001749     Document Type: Article

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