Occurrence of psychrotolerant Bacillus cereus group strains in ice creams

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 143-146

  Zhou, Guoping ^a,b   Zheng, Dasheng ^a   Dou, Lina ^b   Cai, Quanxin ^a   Yuan, Zhiming ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B. mycoides; B. thuringiensis; B. weihenstephanensis; Bacillus cereus; Ice cream; Psychrotolerant strains

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; PROTEIN CSPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; ICE CREAM; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ICE CREAM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 74249095929     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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