Disciplines and Occupations

Food Microbiology

The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in food and food products. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms: the presence of various non-pathogenic bacteria and fungi in cheeses and wines, for example, is included in this concept.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in food and food products. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms: the presence of various non-pathogenic bacteria and fungi in cheeses and wines, for example, is included in this concept.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Microbiology, Food

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific food / microbiol or / virol and specific microbe; FOOD PARASITOLOGY is also available

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History Note

1966

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  1. H01w.158w.273w.540w.274w.332w
  2. J01.576w.423w.850w.730w.500w.249.300w
  3. N06.850w.425w.200w
  4. N06.850w.460.400.300w
  5. N06.850w.601w.500w.249.300w

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NLM Classification

QW 85

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Food Microbiology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005516. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005516
  2. Food Microbiology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_microbiology
  3. Food Microbiology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1810993