Milk produced in udder cells is sterile but due to its high nutrient content, it can be a good
growth substrate for contaminating bacteria. The quality of milk is monitored via somatic cell …

This article provides an overview of the influence of raw milk quality on the quality of
processed dairy products and offers a perspective on the merits of investing in quality. Dairy …

Spore-forming Bacillus cereus is a common contaminant of dairy products. As the
microorganism is widespread in the environment, it can contaminate milk at the time of …

A facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming Bacillus strain, FSL W8-0169T, collected from raw
milk stored in a silo at a dairy powder processing plant in the north-eastern USA was initially …

To accommodate stringent spore limits mandated for the export of dairy powders, a more
thorough understanding of the spore species present will be necessary to develop …

Bacterial spores present in milk can cause quality and shelf-life issues for dairy products.
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of microfiltration (MF) in …

With the abolition of milk quotas in the European Union in 2015, several member states
including Ireland, Luxembourg, and Belgium have seen year on year bi-monthly milk …

In this study, different methods were evaluated for enumeration of spores of G.
stearothermophilus, different sporulation methods were assessed for yields and wet heat …

Probiotics are known for their beneficial effects on poultry health and wellbeing. One
promising strategy for discovering Bacillus probiotics is selecting strains from the microbiota …

While some species in the Bacillus cereus group are well-characterized human pathogens
(eg, B. anthracis and B. cereus sensu stricto), the pathogenicity of other species (eg, B …