Enterotoxin production and thermal resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica in milk

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1980 Jul;40(1):174-6. doi: 10.1128/aem.40.1.174-176.1980.

Abstract

Three of 36 raw milk isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica produced enterotoxin in milk at 25 degrees C, but not at 4 degrees C. No strain tested could survive pasteurization.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
  • Cattle
  • Enterotoxins / biosynthesis*
  • Hot Temperature
  • Milk / microbiology*
  • Yersinia / growth & development
  • Yersinia / metabolism*

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Enterotoxins