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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 62 No. 12 1873-1879
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Elucidation of the Inhibitory Factors of Yogurt against Salmonella typhimurium

Howard E. Rubin1 and Frizell Vaughan

Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109

ABSTRACT

The inhibitory nature of yogurt against contaminating microorganisms has been studied extensively. Nevertheless, the factors responsible for the death of Salmonella typhimurium in yogurt have not been elucidated. An understanding of these factors is important for the determination of yogurt's safety to consumer health. Yogurt fermented for 18 h at 42 C had a stable environment with the following conditions: pH 3.85, oxidation-reduction potential –80 mV, lactic acid concentration 158 mM, and acetic acid concentration 3.7 mM. Under these conditions, lactic acid was responsible for virtually all of yogurt's bactericidal activity against S. typhimurium at 37 C. Die-off rates were observed when these conditions were reproduced artificially in milk (artificial milk yogurt) and when lactic acid was added back to 18-h yogurt from which acids were removed by passage of the whey through a Dowex 1 (C1-) anion exchange column (cationic yogurt). Factors that augmented lactic acid inhibition of S. typhimurium were low pH and low oxidation-reduction potential. The die-off rate of S. typhimurium was more rapid in yogurt whey (yogurt minus the casein fraction) than in whole yogurt, indicating that the casein fraction was partially able to protect Salmonella.

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1 Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, Department of Agronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.






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