Toxigenic potential and heat survival of spore-forming bacteria isolated from bread and ingredients

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 197, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-39

  De Bellis, Palmira ^a   Minervini, Fiorenza ^a   Di Biase, Mariaelena ^a   Valerio, Francesca ^a   Lavermicocca, Paola ^a   Sisto, Angelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bread contamination; Cytotoxicity; Food related risk; Thermal resistance; Toxin genes; Toxin production

Indexed keywords

CEREULIDE; ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS; BACILLUS OLERONIUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SAFENSIS; BACILLUS SIMPLEX; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAD; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; HEAT; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; HT 29 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; INDEL MUTATION; LYSINIBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LAUTUS; PAENIBACILLUS PEORIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS; BACILLUS SIMPLEX; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BREAD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPORES;

EID: 84920915042     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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