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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2013.1616

Isolation of Arcobacter butzleri in environmental and food samples collected in industrial and artisanal dairy plants

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Received: 24 April 2013
Published: 9 October 2013
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Arcobacter butzleri, Dairy plant, Environment, Cheese

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Federica Giacometti
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
Andrea Serraino
andrea.serraino@unibo.it
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Italy, Italy.
Giacomo Marchetti
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
Elisabetta Bonerba
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia, Universita, Italy.
Daniela Florio
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
Elena Bonfante
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
Renato G. Zanoni
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
Roberto Rosmini
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
This study investigated the presence of Arcobacter species in two cheese factories; a total of 22 environmental samples and 10 food samples were collected from an artisanal and an industrial cheese factory; Arcobacter species were isolated after enrichment, and isolates were identified at species level by multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. In the artisanal cheese factory, Arcobacter spp. were isolated from several environmental samples, cow and water buffalo raw milk and ricotta cheese. In the industrial plant, Arcobacter spp. were isolated from surfaces not in contact with food and from a cleaned surface in contact with food; no Arcobacter spp. was isolated from food. All isolates were identified as A. butzleri. We report of the presence of A. butzleri in a ready-to-eat cheese produced for retail. In addition, the isolation of A. butzleri in food processing surfaces in the two cheese factories could be assessed as a source of potential contamination for cheeses

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Isolation of Arcobacter butzleri in environmental and food samples collected in industrial and artisanal dairy plants. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2013 Oct. 9 [cited 2026 May 13];2(3):e34. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2013.e34

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