Rapid concentration of Bacillus and Clostridium spores from large volumes of milk, using continuous flow centrifugation

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 666-668

  Ágoston, Réka ^a   Soni, Kamlesh A ^b   McElhany, Katherine ^b   Cepeda, Martha L ^b   Udi, Zuckerman ^c   Tzipori, Saul ^c   Mohácsi Farkas, Csilla ^a   Pillai, Suresh D ^b  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PRODUCT SAFETY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CENTRIFUGATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MILK; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 62349135756     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-72.3.666     Document Type: Article

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