Botulism is a potentially lethal paralytic disease caused by botulinum neurotoxin. Human
pathogenic neurotoxins of types A, B, E, and F are produced by a diverse group of anaerobic …

Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most potent human toxins known and the causative
agent of botulism, and are widely used as valuable pharmaceuticals. The BoNTs are …

Essence and emblem of life--feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and
medicine from earliest times--human blood is now the center of a huge, secretive, and often …

This thoroughly revised and updated reference provides comprehensive coverage of the
latest developments and scientific advances in dairy microbiology-emphasizing probiotics …

Two psychrophilic Clostridium strains, DB1AT and R26, were isolated from incidences
of'blown-pack'spoilage of vacuum-packed chilled lamb. Vacuum packs of meat inoculated …

Sensitive and rapid detection of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), the most poisonous
substances known to date, is essential for studies of medical applications of BoNTs and …

Poultry meat can be contaminated by different types of microorganisms during processing in
processing plant. The microbiological quality of chicken carcasses and along with …

1, 3-Propanediol (1, 3-PD) production by fermentation of glycerol was first described in 1881
but little attention was paid to this biosynthesis for over a century. An increasing interest in …

This study correlated the composition of the spoilage bacterial flora with the main gaseous
and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in the package headspace of spoiled, chilled …

A total of 48 honey samples were analysed for Clostridium botulinum spores. Samples were
prepared by direct addition (DA), dilution centrifugation (DC) and supernatant filtration (SF) …