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Viability of Lactobacillus plantarum in Orange Juice under Low pH and Temperature Conditions
Author(s) -
PARISH M.E.,
SADLER G.D.,
WICKER L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1990.tb01588.x
Subject(s) - lactobacillus plantarum , food science , orange juice , orange (colour) , chemistry , fermentation , population , inoculation , lactic acid , bacteria , biology , horticulture , genetics , demography , sociology
A strain of Lactobacillus plantarum , isolated from fermenting orange juice (OJ), was inoculated into unpasteurized or reconstituted OJ and held under low pH/low temperature conditions. Viability decreased more rapidly at subfreezing temperatures near – 5°C than at lower or higher temperatures. Viability decreased 0.37 log CFU/mL/hr at ‐ 6.6°C and 0.05 log CFU/mL/hr at ‐ 18°C. Rates of population decrease in frozen samples at ‐ 5°C were about three times greater than in unfrozen samples at the same temperature. An inverse linear relationship existed between rate of population decrease (log CFU/mL/day) at ‐ 7°C and OJ pH, with the rate of decrease at pH 4.1, about 1 log cycle lower than at pH 3.5 (0.024 and 0.60, respectively).