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Josep Serra Bonvehi1, Rossend Escolá Jordá1
1IRTA (Centre de Cabrils), 08340 Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
The number of mesophilic aerobic colonies was determined in 72 samples of mono- and multifloral honey from various sources by the plate count and the membrane filter methods. The presence of motile colonies made the plate counts unreliable. The microorganism producing these colonies was identified as Bacillus alvei . Colony counts could only be carried out in 27 of the samples when using the plate count method, while with the membrane filter method the number of colonies was counted in all the samples.
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