Safety assessment of dairy microorganisms: The Lactobacillus genus

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-285

  Bernardeau, Marion ^a,b   Vernoux, Jean Paul ^a   Henri Dubernet, Ségolène ^c   Guéguen, Micheline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b Sorbial SAS   (France)

^c Fromageries BEL Département Recherche Appliquée   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Lactobacillus; Safety assessment

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEESEMAKING; DAIRY PRODUCT; FERMENTED PRODUCT; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STARTER CULTURE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PHYLOGENY; PROBIOTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 50149102146     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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