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This thoroughly revised and updated reference/text provides comprehensive coverage of the latest developments and scientific advances in dairy microbiology. It emphasizes probiotics, fermented dairy products, disease prevention, and public health and regulatory control standards for dairy foods.Additionally, Applied Dairy Microbiology, Second Edition presents new chapters on the use, metabolism, and genetics of starter cultures, including recent data on isolation and enumeration of lactic acid bacteria.
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ISBN: 0-8247-0536-X This book is printed on acid-free paper. Headquarters Marcel Dekker, Inc. 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 tel: 212-696-9000; fax: 212-685-4540 Eastern Hemisphere Distribution Marcel Dekker AG Hutgasse 4, Postfach 812, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland tel: 41-61-261-8482; fax: 41-61-261-8896 World Wide Web http:/ /www.dekker.com The publisher offers discounts on this book when ordered in bulk quantities. For more information, write to Special Sales/Professional Marketing at the headquarters address above. Copyright 2001 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Current printing (last digit): 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Preface to the Second Edition The dairy industry continues to consolidate, with mergers reducing the number of companies producing dairy products. The number of dairy farms is also decreasing, but the remaining farms are larger and the volume of milk they produce is increasing slowly. The amount and variety of dairy products are also increasing, and, in fact, new products are regularly introduced into t