Relationships between light-treated cultures and lactose content in yogurt

Stijepić, Milka; Solaja, M. M.; Milosevic, D. Durdevic; Trivunovic, Lj. Topalic

doi:10.1142/9789812837554_0095

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Apart from changes in bacterial counts of E. coli after irradiation with non-coherent polarized light in different media (Djurdjevic-Milosevic et al, 2003), changes in quantities of metabolic products after irradiation of Lactobacillus delbureckii subsp. bulgaricus and Steptococcus thermophilus have been reported; namely, a statistical difference in the titratable acidity of yogurts (P < 0.05; Stijepic et al, 2008) and a decrease in the lactose content of milk (Stijepic et al, 2009).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The survival of Escherichia coli upon exposure to irradiation with non-coherent polychromatic polarized light

Djurdjevic-Milosevic¹,

Solaja²,

Topalić-Trivunović³

et al. 2011

Vet. Med. - Czech

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ABSTRACT:The purpose of this work was to examine the influence of non-coherent polarized light upon the growth of Escherichia coli. Experiments were designed to test the main hypothesis that this kind of polychromatic light can produce decimal reductions in numbers of E. coli bacteria. Two strains of E. coli -isolated from ground pork and commercial culture E. coli ATCC 25922, were both exposed to light for 20, 30, 40 and 60 minutes. The source of non-coherent polarized light was a Bioptron-1 lamp (Zepter, Swiss) with the following technical characteristics: wavelength 400-2000 nm, polarization > 95%, and constant radiation dose 2.4 J/cm 2 per minute. The result for both strains showed a slight increase in bacterial count in response to an irradiation time of 20 min and decreases in bacterial counts for irradiation times of 30, 40 and 60 min without characteristics of a decimal reduction. Bacterial counts after treatments displayed a linear relationship with the total count of bacteria before treatments as well as the percentage surviving bacteria and irradiation time. Data analysis (ANOVA two factors with replication) showed that the survival of bacteria was influenced significantly by duration time (P < 0.01), bacterial culture (p<0.05), and interaction between duration time and bacterial culture (P < 0.01). Neither E. coli ATCC 25922 nor E. coli isolated from ground pork showed a decimal reduction after irradiation with non-coherent polychromatic polarized light.Keywords: bacteria; growth; light; plate count List of abbreviations ANOVA = analysis of variance; BGLB = brilliant green lactose bile broth; CFU = colony forming units; I = energy impute; IMViC = indole, methyl red, Voges-Proskauer, and citrate; N 0 = plate count before treatments; N = plate count after treatments; R 2 = coefficient of determination; S = survival; SD = standard deviation; VRBA = violet red bile agar; VTEC = verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%