Bacillus Species Found in Up to 38% of Argentinian Honey

Bacillus Species Highly Prevalent in Food Products in Argentina
Lab Business Week, 2/12/2006

According to recent research from Argentina, "The prevalence of Bacillus spp. in 279 samples of different food products collected in Argentina was studied.

"Bacillus spp. was confirmed in 28 out of 70 honey samples, 29 out of 29 flour samples, 15 out of 50 cheese samples, and 30 out of 30 spice samples, while Bacillus spp. was not found in fresh anchovy."

"Among the 70 honeys studied," said M.O. Iurlina and colleagues at the University of Nacl Mar Plata in Buenos Aires, "Bacillus cereus, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus laterosporus and Paenibacillus larvae subspp. larvae showed an incidence of 23, 4, 8 and 38%, respectively. . .

Iurlina and colleagues published their study in LWT - Food Science and Technology (Prevalence of Bacillus spp. in different food products collected in Argentina. LWT-Food Sci Technol, 2006;39(2):105-110).

For additional information, contact M.O. Iurlina, University of Nacl Mar Plata, Faculty Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept. Quim, Funes 3350, RA-7600 Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Publisher contact information for the journal LWT - Food Science and Technology is: Elsevier Science BV, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands.