Incidence and characterisation of aerobic spore-forming bacteria originating from dairy milk in Tunisia

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-102

  Aouadhi, Chedia ^a,b   Maaroufi, Abderrazak ^a   Mejri, Slah ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacillus sporothermodurans; Heat resistant spores; HRS PCR; Strain characterisation; Tunisian milk

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SPOROTHERMODURANS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS;

EID: 84892433513     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: 14710307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12088     Document Type: Article

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