Microbial biodiversity, quality and shelf life of microfiltered and pasteurized extended shelf life (ESL) milk from Germany, Austria and Switzerland

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Schmidt, Verena S J ^a   Kaufmann, Veronika ^a   Kulozik, Ulrich ^a   Scherer, Siegfried ^a   Wenning, Mareike ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. cereus; Extended Shelf Life (ESL) milk; FT IR spectroscopy; Microbiota; Microfiltration; Spoilage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CES PROTEIN; CSPA PROTEIN; CYTK PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; HBL PROTEIN; NHE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BROCHOTHRIX; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXTENDED SHELF LIFE MILK; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SPOILAGE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFILTRATION; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PASTEURIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSYCHROBACTER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHELF LIFE; SPHINGOMONAS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FILTRATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; MILK; PASTEURIZATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SWITZERLAND; TASTE;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS; PSYCHROBACTER; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 84856437398     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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