INCIDENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BACILLUS-CEREUS ISOLATED FROM INDIANFOODS

Authors
SHAH RC WADHER BJ BHOOSREDDY GL
Citation
Rc. Shah et al., INCIDENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BACILLUS-CEREUS ISOLATED FROM INDIANFOODS, Journal of Food Science and Technology, 33(3), 1996, pp. 249-250
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of Food Science and Technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221155
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
249 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1155(1996)33:3<249:IACOBI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A higher incidence of Bacillus cereus was recorded in about 300 sample s of a variety of food products. The distribution pattern of B. cereus was 46% in uncooked rice, 30% in pasteurized milk. 28% in cooked rice , 24% in cooked vegetables, 20% in spices and 12% in raw pulses. A maj or population of the isolates tested was haemolytic. The antibiogram p attern indicated a higher resistance of isolates against ampicillin, t rimethoprim, colistin, rifampicin and nitrofurantoin.