Microbiology of Milk, Dairy Products and Their Vegetable Substitutes

Dear Colleagues,

The presence of microorganisms has an extremely strong impact on the safety, quality and shelf life of food. Manufacturers and consumers of milk, dairy products and their plant-based substitutes repeatedly experience this again. The aim of this Special Issue is to present the current state of microbiological analysis of these product groups, as well as the classic and modern techniques that make such an analysis possible. No less important is information about the microbiological quality of milk, dairy products and their vegetable substitutes, as well as the microbiological determinants of the safety, quality and shelf life of these product groups. I encourage submissions of manuscripts, both original research articles and reviews, that aim to cover the broad subject of the microbiology of milk and milk products and their vegetable substitutes, including the importance and characterization of microorganisms; the detection and analysis techniques and methods; the study of the microorganisms present (native microflora, contaminating microflora, pathogenic microflora, technologically useful microflora, and starter cultures); the factors that determine the survival and growth of these microorganisms in these product groups. Interesting manuscripts will also be accepted that deal with legal and nutritional aspects resulting from the occurrence of microorganisms in these product groups.

Prof. Dr. Ziarno Małgorzata
Dr. Gianluca Bleve
Guest Editors

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• dairy production
• plant-based substitute for dairy products
• food safety
• techniques for microbiological analysis
• microbiological analysis
• importance of microorganisms
• characterization of microorganisms
• microbiological properties of dairy products