Incidence and survival of Bacillus sporothermodurans during processing of UHT milk

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-518

  Tabit, Frederick T ^a   Buys, Elna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Food manufacturing processes; High temperatures; Milk; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SPOROTHERMODURANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79954486794     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111123989     Document Type: Article

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