Safety assessment of dairy microorganisms: Geotrichum candidum

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-332

  Pottier, Ivannah ^a   Gente, Stéphanie ^a   Vernoux, Jean Paul ^a   Guéguen, Micheline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Geotrichum candidum; Safety

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COLISTIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ISOCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; POLYENE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PRIMARICIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RANITIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CHEESE RIPENING; DAIRY PRODUCT; DRUG EFFICACY; DUODENUM DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHOSIS; GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM; GEOTRICHUM CAPITATUM; GEOTRICHUM CLAVATUM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INHALATION; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MOUTH INFECTION; MYCOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; TAXONOMY;

CHEESE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GEOTRICHUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAPITATA; DIPODASCUS CAPITATUS; FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES; GALACTOMYCES CANDIDUM; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM CLAVATUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 50049121041     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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