Comparative analysis of the diversity of aerobic spore-forming bacteria in raw milk from organic and conventional dairy farms

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-140

  Coorevits, An ^a,b   De Jonghe, Valerie ^c   Vandroemme, Joachim ^c   Reekmans, Rieka ^a   Heyrman, Jeroen ^a   Messens, Winy ^c   De Vos, Paul ^a   Heyndrickx, Marc ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aerobic spore formers; Bacillus s.l.; Organic vs. conventional; Raw milk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DAIRYING; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UREIBACILLUS THERMOSPHAERICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; HEALTH FOOD; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UREIBACILLUS THERMOSPHAERICUS;

EID: 44349145955     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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