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  1. Volatile organic compounds associated with milk spoilage by psychrotrophic bacteria

    Article • International Journal of Dairy Technology, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Milena Brasca

  2. Microbial population profile during ripening of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Silter cheese, produced with and without autochthonous starter culture

    Article • LWT, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  3. Prototheca blaschkeae subsp. brasiliensis subsp. nov., isolated from cow milk

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, September 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Milena Brasca

  4. Efficient milking hygiene reduces bacterial spore contamination in milk

    Article • Journal of Dairy Research, August 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Milena Brasca

  5. “Aerogels of enzymatically oxidized galactomannans from leguminous plants: Versatile delivery systems of antimicrobial peptides and enzymes”

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  6. Use of Hen Egg White Lysozyme in the Food Industry

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca, SUPASITH SRISA-ARDRUKH

  7. Fatty acids released from cream by psychrotrophs isolated from bovine raw milk

    Article • International Journal of Dairy Technology, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Milena Brasca

  8. Proteolytic Activity and Production of γ-Aminobutyric Acid by Streptococcus thermophilus Cultivated in Microfiltered Pasteurized Milk

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, November 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Milena Brasca

  9. Changes in oxidation-reduction potential during milk fermentation by wild lactic acid bacteria

    Article • Journal of Dairy Research, August 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Milena Brasca

  10. Multi-dimensional assessment and scoring system for dairy farms

    Article • Italian Journal of Animal Science, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Milena Brasca

  11. The potential of spectral and hyperspectral-imaging techniques for bacterial detection in food: A case study on lactic acid bacteria

    Article • Talanta, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  12. An aerogel obtained from chemo-enzymatically oxidized fenugreek galactomannans as a versatile delivery system

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca, Professor Carlo Punta

  13. Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Gram-Negative Psychrotrophic Bacteria from Bulk Tank Milk

    Article • Journal of Food Science, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Milena Brasca

  14. Development of a triplex real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of Clostridium beijerinckii, Clostridium sporogenes and Clostridium tyrobutyricum in milk

    Article • Anaerobe, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  15. Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium tyrobutyricum Strain DIVETGP, Isolated from Cow’s Milk for Grana Padano Production

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2015, ASM Journals

    professor Alessio Soggiu, Dr Milena Brasca

  16. Antimicrobial Activity, Antibiotic Resistance and the Safety of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Raw Milk Valtellina Casera Cheese

    Article • Journal of Food Safety, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Milena Brasca

  17. Characterization of Gram-Negative Psychrotrophic Bacteria isolated from Italian Bulk Tank Milk

    Article • Journal of Food Science, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Milena Brasca

  18. Management practices and forage quality affecting the contamination of milk with anaerobic spore-forming bacteria

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Milena Brasca

  19. Study of the Chemical Changes and Evolution of Microbiota During Sourdoughlike Fermentation of Wheat Bran

    Article • Cereal Chemistry, July 2014, Scientific Societies

    Dr Milena Brasca

  20. Occurrence, origin and fate of pyroglutamyl-γ3-casein in cheese

    Article • International Dairy Journal, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  21. Biopreservation potential ofEnterococcus faecalisisolated from Italian traditional raw milk cheeses

    Article • CyTA - Journal of Food, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Milena Brasca

  22. Technological characterisation, antibiotic susceptibility and antimicrobial activity of wild-typeLeuconostocstrains isolated from north Italian traditional cheeses

    Article • Journal of Dairy Research, September 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Milena Brasca

  23. Different Analytical Approaches in Assessing Antibacterial Activity and the Purity of Commercial Lysozyme Preparations for Dairy Application

    Article • Molecules, May 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Milena Brasca

  24. Milk and cheese microbiome for safety and quality of dairy products

    Article • January 2013, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Dr Paola Roncada, Dr Milena Brasca

  25. Biotechnological and safety characterization of Enterococcus lactis, a recently described species of dairy origin

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Milena Brasca

  26. Characterization ofStaphylococcus aureusstrains isolated from Italian dairy products by MALDI-TOF mass fingerprinting

    Article • Electrophoresis, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Milena Brasca

  27. Identification of Clostridium beijerinckii, Cl. butyricum, Cl. sporogenes, Cl. tyrobutyricum isolated from silage, raw milk and hard cheese by a multiplex PCR assay

    Article • Journal of Dairy Research, July 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Milena Brasca

  28. Effects of season, milking routine and cow cleanliness on bacterial and somatic cell counts of bulk tank milk

    Article • Journal of Dairy Research, August 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Milena Brasca

  29. Technological, phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of wild lactic acid bacteria involved in the production of Bitto PDO Italian cheese

    Article • Dairy Science and Technology, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Milena Brasca

  30. Effect of cleaning procedure and hygienic condition of milking equipment on bacterial count of bulk tank milk

    Article • Journal of Dairy Research, March 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Milena Brasca

  31. Development of a pentaplex PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis, L. helveticus, L. fermentum in whey starter for Grana Padano cheese

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  32. Surface-activated chemical ionization and cation exchange chromatography for the analysis of enterotoxin A

    Article • Journal of Mass Spectrometry, October 2009, Wiley

    Dr Milena Brasca

  33. Endophytic bacterial diversity in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) leaves described by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and length heterogeneity-PCR

    Article • The Journal of Microbiology, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Piero A. Bianco, Dr Milena Brasca

  34. A DNA array based assay for the characterization of microbial community in raw milk

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  35. Efficiency of cleaning procedure of milking equipment and bacterial quality of milk

    Article • Italian Journal of Animal Science, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Milena Brasca

  36. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization ofStaphylococcus aureusStrains from Italian Dairy Products

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology, January 2009, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Milena Brasca

  37. Molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Italian dairy products on the basis of coagulase gene polymorphism, multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat and toxin genes

    Article • Journal of Dairy Research, August 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Milena Brasca

  38. Technological and molecular characterisation of enterococci isolated from north–west Italian dairy products

    Article • International Dairy Journal, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  39. Development of a multiplex PCR assay for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxigenic strains isolated from milk and dairy products

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Probes, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Milena Brasca

  40. Influence of pH and temperature on the growth of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis

    Article • Dairy Science & Technology, May 2005, EDP Sciences

    Dr Milena Brasca

  41. Propionibacteria in Italian hard cheeses

    Article • Dairy Science & Technology, January 1995, EDP Sciences

    Dr Milena Brasca