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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.

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