Effects of polyphosphates and heat on selected Gram-positive bacteria important in foods

Knabel, Stephen J.

doi:10.31274/rtd-180813-12270

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“…It was also noted that Staphylococcus incubated at pH 6 and 35°C demonstrated higher D‐ and z ‐value s than Salmonella indicating its longer thermal tolerance. Other studies (Jay, ; Knabel, ; Mai‐Prochnow, Clauson, Hong, & Murphy, ; Sun, ) reported that gram‐positive bacteria (e.g., Staphylococcus ) are relatively more heat resistant than gram‐negative bacteria (e.g., Salmonella ) due to the difference in the structure of their cell wall.…”

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Influence of prior pH and thermal stresses on thermal tolerance of foodborne pathogens

Kim

Bushlaibi

Alrefaei

et al. 2019

Food Science & Nutrition

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Improper food processing is one of the major causes of foodborne illness. Accurate prediction of the thermal destruction rate of foodborne pathogens is therefore vital to ensure proper processing and food safety. When bacteria are subjected to pH and thermal stresses during growth, sublethal stresses can occur that may lead to differences in their subsequent tolerance to thermal treatment. As a preliminary study to test this concept, the current study evaluated the effect of prior pH and thermal stresses on thermal tolerance of Salmonella and Staphylococcus using a tryptic soy broth supplemented with yeast extract. Bacteria incubated at three pH values (6.0, 7.4, and 9.0) and four temperatures (15, 25, 35, and 45°C) for 24 hr were subjected to thermal treatments at 55, 60, and 65°C. At the end of each treatment time, bacterial suspensions were surface‐plated on standard method agar for quantification of bacterial survival and further calculation of the thermal death decimal reduction time ( D ‐value) and thermal destruction temperature ( z ‐value). The effect of pH stress alone during the incubation on the thermal tolerance of both bacteria was generally insignificant. An increasing pattern of D ‐value was observed with the increment of thermal stress (incubation temperature). The bacteria incubated at 35°C required the highest z ‐value to reduce the 90% in D ‐values . Staphylococcus mostly displayed higher tolerance to thermal treatment than Salmonella . Although further research is needed to validate the current findings on food matrices, findings in this study clearly affirm that adaptation of bacteria to certain stresses may reduce the effectiveness of preservation procedures applied during later stage of food processing and storage.

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