Isolation and Characterization of Bacillus cereus from milk and milk products
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2012
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
Bacillus cereus is a common contaminant frequently isolated from foods and dairy
products and the fact that the bacterium has a remarkable ability to survive different
environmental stresses makes it difficult to separate it from dairy products. The spores
survive pasteurization and transfer from raw milk to pasteurized milk products. There are
mainly two types of illness caused by B. cereus in human beings namely diarrhoeal and
emetic types. The recent studies reporting the foodborne illness being caused by all the
members of B. cereus have made the specific identification of B. cereus more important.
India being a vast and subtropical country with plethora of food varieties being prepared at
household and commercial level provides an ideal situation for an organism like B. cereus to
survive and grow leading to health hazards. In the background of Indian scenario, the present
investigation attempts to isolate and characterize the B. Cereus from milk and milk products
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Veterinary Public Health, Study