Cheese mites

Kuwahara, Y., Ishii, S. and Fukami, H. (1975a). Neryl formate alarm pheromone of the cheese mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina, Acaridae). Experientia 31 1115-1116. 

Vanhaelen, M., Vanhaelen, F. R., Geeraerts, J. and Wirtthlin, T. (1979). cis- and i/m.v-Octa-1,5-dicn-3-ol, new attractants to the cheese mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina, Acaridae) identified in Trichothecium roseum (Fungi imperfecti). Microbios 23 199-212. 

Yoshizawa, T Yamamoto, I. and Yamamoto, R. (1970). Attractancy of some methyl ketones isolated from Cheddar cheese for cheese mites. Botyuu-Kagaku 35 43-45. 

Synergistic attractancy of cheese components for cheese mites, Tyrophagus putrescentiae. Botyuu-Kagaku 36 1-7. 

Many consumers have had the experience of returning flour to the grocer because it was heavily infested with mites. These mites are small (less than 1 mm) and usually whitish and oceur in a wide variety of foods. They have come to be known under such common names as cheese mites, flour mites, the bulb mite, and the dried fruit mite. They also are found in smoked and dried meats and fish. 

Figure 6.11 A scanning electron micrograph of the cheese mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (source unknown)...

Tenax GC has been used to collect volatile compounds from fungi that are attractive to cheese mites (630). 

Dermatitis among handlers of mite-infested foodstuffs is not an uncommon occurrence. Some foods frequently involved are copra, cheese, figs, prunes, and wheat pollards. Such terms as eopra itch or cheese itch typically are applied to the respective dermatitis."... 

Total crude extracts from crude sample materials (hay, corn, water from humidifiers, oil from metalworking, food products such as cheese and salami, glass fiber, dust mites, rat excrement, chemical products). For BBL, droppings and feathers are either produced by each centre or, for common antigens, purchased from a manufacturer (e.g. FSK Avian Immunodiffusion system. Microgen Bioproducts, Camberley, UK). Pure or diluted bird sera are also used for BBF diagnosis without transformation. 

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