Microorganisms in Vacuum Stored Flower Bee Pollen.
10.4167/jbv.2016.46.4.258
- Author:
Dinko DINKOV
1
Author Information
1. Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Veterinary Legislation and Management, Trakia University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. dinkodinkov@abv.bg
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Bee pollen;
Enterobacteriaceae;
Pseudomonadaceae;
Staphylococcaceae;
Micrococcaceae;
Bacillaceae
- MeSH:
Arthrobacter;
Bacillaceae;
Bacillus;
Bacillus subtilis;
Bees*;
Bulgaria;
Citrobacter freundii;
Crop Production;
Enterobacteriaceae;
Flowers*;
Humans;
Incidence;
Micrococcaceae;
Pantoea;
Pollen*;
Proteus mirabilis;
Proteus vulgaris;
Pseudomonadaceae;
Serratia;
Staphylococcaceae;
Staphylococcus epidermidis;
Staphylococcus hominis;
Urticaria;
Vacuum*
- From:Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
2016;46(4):258-268
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Contamination with sanitary microorganisms from Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Staphylococcaceae, Micrococcaceae and Bacillaceae families in flower bee pollen from Bulgaria after one-year vacuum-packed cold storage has been found. Dried flower bee pollens intended for human consumption were with high incidence rate of contamination with Pantoea sp. (P. agglomerans and P. agglomerans bgp6) (100%), Citrobacter freundii (47%), Proteus mirabilis (31.6%), Serratia odorifera (15.8%) and Proteus vulgaris (5.3%). Bee pollens were also positive for the culture of microorganisms from Staphylococcaceae, Micrococcaceae and Bacillaceae families: Staphylococcus hominis subsp hominis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Arthrobacter globiformis, Bacillus pumilis, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. It was concluded that, if consumed directly, the vacuum-packed cold stored dried bee pollen, harvested according hygienic requirements from bee hives in industrial pollution-free areas without intensive crop production, is not problem for healthy human.
