A RAPD based study revealing a previously unreported wide range of mesophilic and thermophilic spore formers associated with milk powders in China

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 217, Issue , 2016, Pages 200-208

  Sadiq, Faizan A ^a   Li, Yun ^b   Liu, TongJie ^a   Flint, Steve ^c   Zhang, Guohua ^a   He, GuoQing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANSHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chinese producers; Microbial contamination; Milk powders; Rapd; Thermophilic and mesophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; AERIBACILLUS PALLIDUS; ANOXYBACILLUS; ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS AEROPHILUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SHACKLETONII; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS BACILLUS THERMOAMYLOVORANS; BACILLUS THERMOAMYLOVORANS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; BREVIBACILLUS PARABREVIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; LACEYELLA SACCHARI; LYSINIBACILLUS SPHAERICUS; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MILK; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS COOKII; PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPOROSARCINA; SPOROSARCINA CONTAMINANS; THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; VIRGIBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS PROOMII; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POWDER;

POWDER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; ANOXYBACILLUS; BACILLUS; CHINA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK; POWDERS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SPORES;

EID: 84946594759     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.10.030     Document Type: Article

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