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Survival of Constitutive Microflora in Commercially Fermented Milk Containing Bifidobacteria During Refrigerated
1Department of Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Córdoba, E-14071 Córdoba. Spain.
Abstract:
The survival of constitutive microflora was studied in one batch (n = 50) of fermented milk containing bifidobacteria produced in Spain during storage at 7°C. Levels of Streptococcus salivarius subsp. thermophilus , Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus , and Bifidobacterium spp. and the pH of the product were determined on the day of collection and after 10, 17, 24, 28, 31, 36, 42, 51, and 84 d of storage. Initial populations of streptococci, lactobacilli, and bifidobacteria were 2.6 × 108, 5.1 × 107, and 7.4 × 106 CFU/g, respectively. The S. salivarius subsp. thermophilus population increased slightly after 10 d and then decreased during further refrigerated storage. Numbers of Bifidobacterium and L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus decreased faster during storage. After 24 d (the reported shelf life of the product), levels of streptococci decreased only 10.7% as compared to decreases of 85.4 and 92.6% for lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, respectively. The pH values were between 4.57 and 3.81.
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