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Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology


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Acetobacter

Acinetobacter

Adenylate Kinase

Aeromonas
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Detection by cultural and modern techniques

Alicaligenes

Alternaria

Arcobacter

Arthrobacter

Aspergillus
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Aspergillus oryzae
  (c) Aspergillus flavus

ATP Bioluminescence
  (a) Application in meat industry
  (b) Application in dairy industry
  (c) Application in hygiene monitoring
  (d) Application in beverage microbiology

Aureobasidium

Bacillus
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Bacillus cereus
  (c) Bacillus stearothermophilus
  (d) Bacillus anthracis
  (e) Bacillus subtilis
  (f) Detection of enterotoxins
  (g) Detection by classical cultural techiques

Bacteria
  (a) The bacterial cell
  (b) Bacterial endospores
  (c) Classification of the bacteria - Traditional
  (d) Classification of the bacteria - Phylogenetic Approach

Bacteriocins
  (a) Potential in food preservation
  (b) Nisin

Bacteriodes

Bacteriophage-Based Techniques for Detection of Foodborne Pathogens

Bifidobacterium

Biochemical Identification Techniques - Modern Techniques
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Food spoilage flora (i.e. yeasts and moulds)
  (c) Food poisoning organisms
  (d) Enterobacteriaceae, coliforms and E. coli
  (e) Microfloras of fermented foods

Biofilms

Biophysical Techniques for Enhancing Microbiological Analysis
  Future Developments

Biosensors
  Scope in microbiological analysis

Botrytis

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Bread
  (a) Bread from wheat flour
  (b) Sourdough bread

Brettanomyces

Brevibacterium

Brochothrix

Brucella
  (a) Characteristics
  (b) Problems with Dairy Products

Byssochlamys

Campylobacter
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Detection by cultural and modern techniques
  (c) Detection by latex agglutination techniques

Candida
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Candida lipolytica

Cellulomonas

Cheese
  (a) In the marketplace
  (b) Microbiology of cheese-making and maturation
  (c) Mould-ripened varieties
  (d) Role of specific groups of bacteria
  (e) Microflora of white-brined cheeses

Chilled Storage of Foods
  (a) Principles
  (b) Use of modified atmosphere packaging
  (c) Packaging with anti-microbial properties

Cider (Hard Cider)

Clostridium
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Clostridium perfringens
  (c) Detection of enterotoxins of Cl. perfringens
  (d) Clostridium acetobutyricum
  (e) Clostridium tyrobutyricum
  (f) Clostridium botulinum
  (g) Detection of neurotoxins of Cl. botulinum

Cocoa and Coffee Fermentations

Confectionary Products
  Cakes and pastries

Costs/Benefits of Microbial Origin

Cryptosporidium

Culture Collections

Cyclospora

Debaryomyces

Desulfovibrio

Direct (and Indirect) Conductimetric/Impedimetric Techniques
  Foodborne pathogens

Direct Epifluorescent Filter Techniques (DEFT)

Dried Foods

Ecology of Bacteria and Fungi in Foods
  (a) Influence of available water
  (b) Influence of temperature
  (c) Influence of redox potential and pH

Eggs
  (a) Microbiology of fresh eggs
  (b) Microbiology of egg products

Electrical Techniques
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Food spoilage flora and TVC
  (c) Lactics and other bacteria

Enrichment Serology

Enterobacter

Enterobacteriaceae, Coliforms and E. Coli
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Classical and modern methods for detection/enumeration

Enterococcus

Enzyme Immunoassays, Overview

Escherichia Coli
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Detection of enterotoxins of E. coli

Escherichia Coli 0157
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Detection by latex agglutination techniques
  (c) Detection by commercial immunomagnetic particle-based assays

Fermentation (Industrial)
  (a) Basic Considerations
  (b) Media for Industrial Fermentations
  (c) Control of Fermentation Conditions
  (d) Recovery of Metabolites
  (e) Production of Polysaccharides, e.g., Xanthan gum
  (f) Production of Organic Acids, e.g., citric, propionic
  (g) Production of Oils and Fatty Acids
  (h) Production of Colours/Flavours

Fermented Foods
  (a) Origins and Applications
  (b) Fermented Vegetable Products
  (c) Fermented Meat Products
  (d) Fermented Fish Products
  (e) Beverages from Sorghum and Millet
  (f) Fermentations of the Far East

Fermented Milks
  (a) Range of Products
  (b) Yoghurt
  (c) Products of Northern Europe
  (d) Products of Eastern Europe and Asia

Fish
  (a) Catching and handling
  (b) Spoilage of fish

Flavobacterium

Flow Cytometry

Food Poisoning Outbreaks

Freezing of Foods
  (a) Damage to microbial cells
  (b) Growth and survival of micro-organisms

Fungi
  (a) The fungal hypha
  (b) Foodborne fungi - estimation by classical cultural techniques
  (c) Overview of classification of the fungi
  (d) Classification of the Peronosporomycetes
  (e) Classification of the Zygomycetes
  (f) Classification of the Eu-Ascomycetes
  (g) Classification of the Hemi-Ascomycetes, 1 and 2
  (h) Classification of the Deuteromycetes

Fusarium

Genetic Engineering
  (a) Modification of Yeast and Moulds
  (b) Modification of Bacteria

Genetics of Micro-Organisms
  (a) Fungi
  (b) Bacteria

Geotrichum

Giardia

Gluconobacter

Good Manufacturing Practice

Hafnia

Hansenula

Hazard Appraisal (HACCP)
  (a) The overall concept
  (b) Critical Control Points
  (c) Involvement of regulatory bodies
  (d) Establishment of performance criteria

Heat Treatment of Foods
  (a) Principle of Canning
  (b) Spoilage problems associated with Canning
  (c) Ultra-high Temperature (UHT) treatments
  (d) Principles of pasteurisation
  (e) Action of Microwaves
  (f) Synergism between treatments

Helicobacter

Helminthes and Nematodes

High Pressure Treatment of Foods

History of Food Microbiology

Hurdle Technology

Hydrophobic Grid Membrane Filtration Techniques (HGMF)

Ice Cream

Immunomagnetic Particle-Based Techniques, Overview

Intermediate Moisture Foods

International Control of Microbiology

Klebsiella

Kluveromyces

Laboratory Design

Laboratory Management: Accreditation Schemes

Lactobacillus
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Lactobacillus bulgaricus
  (c) Lactobacillus brevis
  (d) Lactobacillus acidophilus
  (e) Lactobacillus casei

Lactococcus
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Lactococcus lactis sub-species lactis and cremoris

Lager

Lasers
  Inactivation Techniques

Leuconostoc

Listeria
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Detection by classical cultural techniques
  (c) Detection by commercial enzyme immunoassays
  (d) Detection by colorimetric DNA hybridisation
  (e) Detection by commercial immunomagnetic particle-based assays
  (f) Listeria monocytogenes
  (g) Listeria monocytogenes - detection by chemiluminescent DNA hybridisation
  (h) Listeria monocytogenes - detection using NASBA (an isothermal nucleic acid amplification system)

Meat and Poultry
  (a) Spoilage of meat
  (b) Curing of meat
  (c) Spoilage of cooked meats and meat products

Metabolic Pathways
  (a) Release of energy (aerobic)
  (b) Release of energy (anaerobic)
  (c) Nitrogen metabolism
  (d) Lipid metabolism
  (e) Metabolism of minerals and vitamins
  (f) Production of secondary metabolites - fungi
  (g) Production of secondary metabolites - bacteria

Methanogens

Microbiology of Sous-Vide Products

Micrococcus

Microflora of the Intestine
  (a) The Natural Microflora of Humans
  (b) Biology of Bifidobacteria
  (c) Biology of Lactobacillus acidophilus
  (d) Biology of the Enterococcus spp.
  (e) Detection and enumeration of probiotic cultures

Microscopy
  (a) Light microscopy
  (b) Confocal laser microscopy
  (c) Scanning electron microscopy
  (d) Transmission electron microscopy
  (e) Atomic force microscopy
  (f) Sensing Microscopy

Milk and Milk Products
  (a) Microbiology of Liquid Milk
  (b) Microbiology of dried milk products
  (c) Microbiology of cream and butter

Minimal Methods of Processing
  (a) Electroporation - pulsed electric fields
  (b) Manothermosonication
  (c) Potential use of phages and/or lysins

Monascus

Moraxella

Mucor

Mycobacterium

Mycotoxins
  (a) Classification
  (b) Occurrence
  (c) Detection and analysis
  (d) Immunological techniques for detection and analysis
  (e) Toxicology

National Legislation, Guidelines and Standards Governing Microbiology
  (a) Canada
  (b) European Union
  (c) Japan

Natural Anti-Microbial Systems
  (a) Preservative effects during storage
  (b) Anti-microbial compounds in plants
  (c) Lysozyme and other proteins in eggs
  (d) Lactoperoxidase and lactoferrin

Neisseria

Nucleic Acid-Based Assays, Overview

Packaging of Foods
  Packaging of solids and liquids

Pantoea

PCR-Based Commercial Tests for Pathogens

Pediococcus

Penicillium
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Penicillia in food production

Petrifilm - An Enhanced Cultural Technique

Phycotoxins

Physical Removal of Microfloras
  (a) Filtration
  (b) Centrifugation

Pichia

Polymer Technologies for Control of Bacterial Adhesion

Predictive Microbiology and Food Safety

Preservatives
  (a) Classification and properties
  (b) Traditional preservatives - oils and spices
  (c) Traditional preservatives - sodium chloride
  (d) Traditional preservatives - organic acids
  (e) Traditional preservatives - wood smoke
  (f) Traditional preservatives - vegetable oils
  (g) Permitted preservatives - sulfur dioxide
  (h) Permitted preservatives - benzoic acid
  (i) Permitted preservatives - hydroxybenzoic acid
  (j) Permitted preservatives - nitrate and nitrite
  (k) Permitted preservatives - sorbic acid
  (l) Permitted preservatives - natamycin
  (m) Permitted preservatives - propionic acid

Probiotic Bacteria
  Detection and estimation in fermented and non-fermented dairy products

Process Hygiene
  (a) Designing for hygienic operation
  (b) Types of detergent
  (c) Types of sterilant
  (d) Overall approach to hygienic processing
  (e) Modern systems of plant cleaning
  (f) Risk and control of aerial contamination
  (g) Testing of disinfectants
  (h) Involvement of regulatory bodies

Propionibacterium

Proteus

Pseudomonas
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  (c) Burkholderia cocovenenans

Psychrobacter

Quality Assurance Programmes

Quantitative Risk Analysis

Rapid Methods for Food Hygiene Inspection

Reference Materials

Rhodotorula

Saccharomyces
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Saccharomyces sake
  (c) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  (d) Saccharomyces carlsbergensis [Brewers Yeast]

Salmonella
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Salmonella enteritidis
  (c) Salmonella typhi
  (d) Detection by classical cultural techniques
  (e) Detection by latex agglutination techniques
  (f) Detection by enzyme immunoassays
  (g) Detection by colorimetric DNA hybridisation
  (h) Detection by immunomagnetic particle-based assays

Sampling Regimes and Statistical Evaluation of Microbiological Results

Schizosaccharomyces

Serratia

Shellfish (Molluscs and Crustacea)
  (a) Characteristics of the groups
  (b) Contamination and spoilage

Shewanella

Shigella
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Detection by classical cultural techniques

Single Cell Protein
  (a) The Algae
  (b) Yeasts and Bacteria
  (c) Mycelial Fungi

Spoilage of Plant Products
  Cereals and Cereal Flours

Spoilage Problems
  (a) Problems caused by Bacteria
  (b) Problems caused by Fungi

Staphylococcus
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Staphylococcus aureus
  (c) Detection by cultural and modern techniques
  (d) Detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins

Starter Cultures
  (a) Uses in the Food Industry
  (b) Importance of Selected Genera
  (c) Cultures Employed in Cheesemaking
  (d) Moulds employed in Food Processing

Streptococcus
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Streptococcus thermophilus

Streptomyces

Thermus aquaticus

Torulopsis

Total Counts, Microscopy

Total Viable Counts
  (a) Pour plate technique
  (b) Spread plate technique
  (c) Specific techniques
  (d) MPN
  (e) Metabolic Activity Tests
  (f) Microscopy

Trichinella

Trichoderma

Trichothecium

Ultrasonic Imaging

Ultrasonic Standing Waves

Ultra-Violet Light

Vagococcus

Verotoxigenic E. Coli
  Detection by commercial enzyme immunoassays

Verotoxigenic E. Coli and Shigella Spp.
  Detection by cultural methods

Vibrio
  (a) Introduction, including Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  (b) Vibrio cholerae
  (c) Detection by cultural and modern techniques

Vinegar

Viruses
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Hepatitis Viruses
  (c) Detection

Water Quality Assessment
  (a) Routine techniques for monitoring bacterial and viral contaminants
  (b) Modern microbiological techniques

Waterborne Parasites
  (a) Entamoeba
  (b) Detection by classic and modern techniques

Wines
  (a) Microbiology of winemaking
  (b) The Malo-lactic fermentation
  (c) Specific aspects of oenology

Xanthomonas

Xeromyces

Yeasts
  Production and commercial uses

Yersinia
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Yersinia enterocolitica

Zygosaccharomyces

Zymomonas
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