This study was undertaken to determine the role Leuconostoc
citrovorum may play in carbon dioxide production in milk. The
ability of L. citrovorum strains to produce gas was studied by two
methods. A qualitative method used visual measurement of gas where
an agar plug was forced up the neck of...
The enzymes and pathways involved in the catabolism of
glucose by several strains of Streptococcus diacetilactis, Streptococcus
cremoris, and Streptococcus lactis, commonly called the
lactic streptococci, were studied. The presence of aldolase,
triosephosphate isomerase and alcohol dehydrogenase in these
organisms provided evidence for the operation of the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway...
Microgard, a commercially-available pasteurized
fermented milk, was found inhibitory to gram negative
bacteria such as Pseudomonas putida, some well-known foodborne
pathogens (e.g. Salmonella, Yersinia and Aeromonas)
and some fungi as revealed by an agar incorporation assay
method. Gram positive bacteria, however, were not
inhibited. Rather, some bacteria in this group...
Three commercial sausage starter cultures were grown in
an internal-pH-controlled medium (PHASE 4) and in a soluble
phosphate-buffered medium. The cultures were tested by
comparing viable counts before and after freezing at -40 C
or freeze-drying and subsequent storage for 3 months in the
frozen or dried state. Strains varied...
Several lactic acid bacteria (LAB) of the Lactococcus, Lactobacillus,
Leuconostoc and Pediococcus genera were screened for inhibition of
food-borne pathogens and spoilage microorganisms in raw milk and
dairy products. Listeria monocytogenes was killed by Lactococcus
lactis subsp. lactis and Pediococcus pentosaceus due to their
production of bacteriocin-type inhibitors. Staphylococcus aureus...
Several bulk starter media, consisting of two experimental blends and four commercial preparations, were examined for each medium's ability to grow, preserve, and/or recover lactic streptococcal starter cultures. Nonfat milk was used as a control. Results showed that cultures which had the greatest survival rate in frozen storage had been...
The ability of Propionibacterium shermanii to produce
growth metabolites which were inhibitory to food spoilage
indicator organisms was investigated. Asperqillus niqer,
a Pseudomonas species and Kluyveromyces fraqilis were the
spoilage indicators chosen to represent molds, gram
negative psychrotrophic bacteria and yeasts, respectively.
Supplementation of milk or whey based media was...
Strains of Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis and Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris with potential use in the food industry which had been previously isolated from nature using 16S rRNA probes were characterized for unique identifying traits and for attributes important for potential use in cheese manufacture. Strains of Lc. cremoris which...