The increasing global population has resulted in increased demand for food. Goods quality
and safe food is required for healthy living. However, food spoilage has resulted in food …

Background Climate change constitutes a complex challenge posing an urgent threat to our
planet and life and creating an entirely different way of conceptualising the world and our …

Thermophiles are microorganisms that thrive at high temperature. Studying them can
provide valuable information on how life has adapted to extreme conditions. However, high …

The presence of mesophilic and thermophilic spore-forming bacteria in UHT milk, as well as
biofilm formation in dairy plants, are concerning. The current study explored the spore …

Geobacillus stearothermophilus is one of the predominant spoilers of UHT-treated food
products, due to its extremely heat-resistant spores. However, the surviving spores should …

Microbial food spoilage is a major contributor to food waste and, hence, to the negative
environmental sustainability impacts of food production and processing. Globally, it is …

The performance of the ISO method for the 'Enumeration of the Specially Thermoresistant
Spores of Thermophilic Bacteria in Dried Milk'(ISO/TS 27265; 2009) was compared with a …

This study was undertaken to provide quantitative tools for predicting the behavior of the
spoilage bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris ATCC 49025 in fruit drinks. In the first part …

Most studies on the impact of climate change on foods focus on the consequences to
security and safety. In the present study we provide scientific evidence on an overlooked …

The cardinal model for the effect of temperature on Geobacillus stearothermophilus ATCC
7953 growth developed by Kakagianni, Gougouli, & Koutsoumanis, 2016 was expanded for …