Food Science and Technology Research
Online ISSN : 1881-3984
Print ISSN : 1344-6606
ISSN-L : 1344-6606
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Germination and Inactivation of Bacillus subtilis Spores under Combined Conditions of Hydrostatic Pressure and Medium Temperature
Yasushi AOYAMAYujin SHIGETATakashi OKAZAKIYoshio HAGURAKanichi SUZUKI
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2005 Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 101-105

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The combined effect of mild heating and pressurization on germination and inactivation of Bacillus subtilis spores was investigated. The spore count decreased remarkably at 60°C+80MPa in glucose broth as opposed to phosphate buffer. These results suggested that the spores germinated due to pressure and germination-inducing components in the glucose broth, and that the germinated spores were then inactivated by mild heating. The induction of germination started at 10MPa at 40°C or 20MPa at 60°C with the number of spores decreasing by two log-cycles in one hour. The relationship between the logarithm of spore number and pressure became linear in the pressure range of 50-300MPa. The germination ratio was 0.95log-cycles 100MPa at 40°C or 0.82log-cycles/100MPa at 60°C for half an hour in glucose broth.

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