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AIVI - March 2010 - Issue 7
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2010.1110

MICROBIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION ON MOZZARELLA CHEESE SAMPLES NEAR THEIR EXPIRY DATE

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Received: 13 February 2013
Published: 13 March 2010
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Mozzarella cheese, shelf-life, total coliforms, Pseudomonas spp.

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M. Franzoni
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare - Università degli Studi di Milano, .
L Valnegri
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare - Università degli Studi di Milano, .
L. Iacumin
Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti - Università degli Studi di Udine, .
G. Soncini
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare - Università degli Studi di Milano, .
A microbiological investigation was carried out on 30 mozzarella cheese samples to evaluate their quality near the expiry date. Total coliforms and Pseudomonas spp. were detected at high levels in 70% and in 30% of the samples, respectively. Pseudomonadaceae were considered as the microorganisms responsible of the texture changing spoilage symptoms that were observed in 13,3% of the samples. Isolated strains were identified by PCR-TGGE analysis as P. rhodesiae (37,5%), P. putida (33,3%) and P. poae (29,2%).

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MICROBIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION ON MOZZARELLA CHEESE SAMPLES NEAR THEIR EXPIRY DATE. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2010 Mar. 13 [cited 2026 Apr. 17];1(7):79-80. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2010.7.79

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