A diagnosis of the microbiological quality of dehydrated bee-pollen produced in Brazil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 477-483

  De Melo, A A M ^a   Estevinho, M L M F ^b   de Almeida Muradian, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apicultural; Apis mellifera; Bee pollen; Microbiological quality; Pathogens; Spoilage micro organisms

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA; SPOILAGE; YEAST;

APICULTURAL; APIS MELLIFERA; BEE-POLLEN; HEALTH CONCERNS; MESOPHILIC; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; SALMONELLA SP; SPOILAGE MICRO-ORGANISM; YEAST SPECIES;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

ENTEROTOXIN;

APICULTURE; BACTERIUM; HONEYBEE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; POLLEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFITE; YEAST;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLOSTRIDIUM; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HANSENIASPORA UVARUM; HARVESTING; HUMIDITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PICHIA MEMBRANIFACIENS; POLLEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA; SHELF LIFE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURBIDITY; VAGINA FLORA; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES ROUXII; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BEE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BRAZIL;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAZIL; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; POLLEN; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84944044312     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12480     Document Type: Article

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