Study of psychrophilic and psychrotolerant micro-organisms isolated in cold rooms used for pharmaceutical processing

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1166-1174

  Sandle, T ^a   Skinner, K ^a  

^a BIO PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleanroom; Cold room; Environmental monitoring; Micro organisms; Psychrotolerant; Psychrotrophic; Pyschrophilic; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; TEMPERATURE;

CASE-STUDIES; CLEANROOM; COLD ROOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOWS-TEMPERATURES; MICRO-ORGANISMS; PHARMACEUTICALS PROCESSING; PSYCHROTOLERANT; PSYCHROTROPHIC; PYSCHROPHILIC;

QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; COLD; COLD TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSYCHROPHILE; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875516095     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12101     Document Type: Article

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