Safety assessment of dairy microorganisms: Aerobic coryneform bacteria isolated from the surface of smear-ripened cheeses

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-315

  Denis, Catherine ^a   Irlinger, Françoise ^b  

^a ADRIA Normandie   (France)

^b Université Paris Saclay   (France)

Author keywords

Coryneform bacteria; Dairy technology; Human safety; Innocuity status; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BIOGENIC AMINE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPEMIDIC ACID; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFAMETHIZOLE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEESE RIPENING; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMEAR; TAXONOMY;

BIOGENIC AMINES; CHEESE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 50049083230     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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