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COLI‐AEROGENES BACTERIA OF PASTEURIZED MILKS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PATHOGENIC SEROTYPES OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
Author(s) -
PAPAVASSILIOU J.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1957.tb04524.x
Subject(s) - serotype , escherichia coli , pasteurization , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacter aerogenes , pathogenic bacteria , biology , food science , biochemistry , genetics , gene
SUMMARY: A total of 375 samples of retail pasteurized milk in bottles was examined from January to the end of August 1955, for coli‐aerogenes bacteria and especially for pathogenic serotypes of Escherichia coli. These serotypes were not found, though 101 of the samples contained bacteria of the coli‐aerogenes group. During the summer months, June‐August, the percentage of contaminated samples was about 40% and 10% of the samples contained E. coli I or II. The epidemiological significance of these findings is discussed.