“…In both species investigated in this work, the pH in decreased with decreasing buffer pH, resulting in ⌬pH values between 1.9 and 2.1 pH units at pH 4.0. It is well established that a reduction in the pH of the suspending medium causes a progressive increase in the sensitivity of bacteria to pressure (3,13,17,18,22,23). For example, pressurization at 345MPa and a pH values of 4.5 increased the viability loss of Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli and Salmonella enteritidis by an additional 1.2 to 3.9 log cycles compared to pressurization at pH 6.5 (3).…”