中国传统酸肉发酵过程中微生物的消长变化*

对我国传统发酵酸肉中的微生物种群进行了研究,从中分离到大量的米酒乳杆菌、戊糖片球菌、乳酸片球菌、明串珠菌等多种乳酸细菌和德巴利氏酵母、球拟酵母等微生物,这些微生物在发酵过程中有一个动态的变化。发酵全过程中优势微生物种群是乳酸细菌、微球菌、德巴利氏酵母和球拟酵母,为高效天然肉品发酵剂的研究与开发提供了生物资源。     

奶犊牛直肠主要正常菌群的检测及其定植规律

采用稀释滴种法,对奶犊牛直肠内容物8种主要正常菌群（双歧杆菌、乳杆菌、真杆菌、类杆菌、大肠杆菌、消化球菌、梭菌、肠球菌）进行定性和定量分析,将所得结果进行统计学处理,得到奶犊牛直肠八种主要正常菌群的对数均值。犊牛出生6h后可检测到大肠菌、类杆菌和梭菌;12h后,8种菌群全部检测出来,并以大肠杆菌、类杆菌和梭菌为优势菌。随着厌氧菌大量增殖,需氧菌和兼性厌菌逐渐下降,1周后形成以乳杆菌、双歧杆菌为优势菌群的微生态区系。8种细菌的数量随饲草采食量增加呈下降趋势。断奶后1个月完成定植,此时直肠的优势菌是双枝杆菌、真杆菌,为7－8（logCFU/g),然后依次为乳杆菌、梭菌7(logCFU/g),类杆菌、大肠杆菌、消化球菌6(logCFU/g) ,肠球菌5（logCFU/g)。     

假丝酵母E-2产生物表面活性剂摇瓶发酵条件的优化

从扬子石化的废水淤泥中筛选到1株能发酵液体石蜡产脂肽类生物表面活性剂的假丝酵母Candida E-2.通过单因子实验和正交试验,得到了最佳发酵培养基组成(g/L):牛肉膏3.0,蔗糖2.0,酵母膏0.25,KH2PO4 12.5,MgSO4 0.3,NaCl 1.5,CaCl,0.05,尿素0.5 5;液体石蜡10％(体积分数).最佳培养条件:初始pH7.0,接种量0.12g/L,装液量为200mL三角瓶30mL,培养时间为5 d.最终产量提高了2.7倍,达1.582g/L.     

冬虫夏草与韩芝液体发酵混合培养特性研究

平板培养基上比较了冬虫夏草、韩芝及树舌的菌丝生长速度和对淀粉的利用情况,结果显示三者的生长速度分别达到1.28、0.64和0.55 cm/d,且韩芝与树舌对淀粉的利用均优于冬虫夏草;混合培养结果得出菌种的最佳菌龄比为虫草:韩芝=3 d:5 d,最佳的接种比例为2:3;正交试验混合发酵最佳的培养基配方(%):葡萄糖1.0、淀粉2.0、黄豆粉2.0、酵母粉0.5,在此条件下,菌丝生物量达到最大值1.97 g/100 mL。     

生物乳化剂产生菌及其产乳化剂条件初步研究*

从胜利油田原油污染土壤边分离得到一株能降解多种石油芳烃和烷烃且能产生物乳化剂的细菌Eml,经生理生化及16S rRNA基因序列分析鉴定为赤红球菌(Rhodococcus ruber)。对菌株Eml产生乳化剂的条件进行了研究,结果表明,该菌株在以正十六烷为碳源时能较快速产乳化剂,其最佳条件为：正十六烷10g/L,酵母抽提物1g/L,初始pH值为7,30℃下200r/min摇床培养。在此条件下,发酵ld后,培养液的表面张力即降到最低值,约30mN／m,而乳化能力达100％;乳化剂浓度则在第5d达到最大,为68倍的CMC;经初步研究该乳化剂为脂类物质。     

艾叶超临界CO2萃取物的抑菌活性研究

本文研究了艾叶超临界CO2萃取物的抑菌活性。结果表明:艾叶超临界CO2萃取物对细菌、酵母、霉菌都有一定的抑菌作用,在酸性环境和碱性环境较为显著,对大多数细菌、酵母、霉菌的MIC不超过0.78 g/L。高温长时间处理对萃取物抑菌活性影响较大,但高温瞬时或低温处理对萃取物抑菌活性影响不大。     

从杨树菇中开发新型食品防腐剂的初步研究

本实验室通过对14株食用真菌的抑菌试验筛选,发现杨树菇具有极强的抑菌作用,且抑菌谱广,可以有效抑制细菌、酵母和部分霉菌。与不同浓度(0.05%、0.1%、0.2%、0.3% g/ml)山梨酸、苯甲酸抑菌能力相比,抑菌效果更为明显。以金黄色葡萄球菌为指示菌研究了其最适发酵条件及有效成分的热稳定性,结果表明:杨树菇的发酵周期为7-9d,发酵温度25℃,发酵的起始pH 6.0~7.0,发酵液装量为80~140 ml/500 ml三角瓶,接种量10%~15%(v/v);发酵液浓缩液经121℃、30 min湿热灭菌处理后仍具有很强的抑菌活性。杨树菇是一种具有开发前途的食用真菌。     

传统发酵豆酱发酵过程中养分动态及细菌多样性

以山东传统发酵豆酱作为研究对象, 测定了发酵不同阶段的总酸、可溶性糖、有机碳、粗蛋白、氨基酸态氮、主要挥发性产物等指标, 对样品中细菌进行PCR-DGGE分析, 探讨了传统发酵豆酱中养分动态及细菌多样性。结果表明发酵过程中总酸含量先上升后下降而后又上升, 最后成品酱中为6.26%; 有机碳和可溶性糖含量都逐渐减少; 粗蛋白相对含量先略有平稳上升后下降; 氨基酸态氮含量一直在增加, 成品酱中为101.2 g/kg; 乳酸和甘油含量随发酵进程而增加, 成品酱中分别为5.65 g/kg和14.72 g/kg。DGGE分析表明发酵15 d时细菌种类最多, 随后一部分逐渐消失, 种类趋于稳定, 最后成品酱中出现有几种明显的优势种, 主要包括：未培养细菌(Uncultured bacterium)、乳酸乳球菌(Lactococcus lactis)、地衣芽孢杆菌(Bacillus licheniformis)的近缘种。     

耐盐性毒死蜱降解菌HY-1 的产酶培养基及发酵条件优化

为了明确生化处理和微生物降解的关系,通过增加耐盐菌的比例可以提高农药废水生化处理效果。从农药厂废水中分离到1株耐盐性毒死蜱降解菌——蜡状芽孢杆菌(Bacillus cereus HY-1),以从该菌中提取到的降解酶比活力为指标,进行产酶培养基和发酵条件的优化研究。通过单一因素试验和正交试验,对细菌HY-1的产酸培养基和发酵条件进行了优化。运用SPSS软件进行结果分析,所获优化培养基配方为:葡萄糖6.0 g/L,胰蛋白胨2.2 g/L,K2HPO4 2.0 g/L,KH2PO4 0.2 g/L,MgSO4.7H2O 0.1 g/L,NaCl 0.1 g/L和微量元素溶液2 mL/L。得到菌株发酵培养的最佳优化条件为:种子液培养时间为16 h,发酵培养时间为18 h,接种量为1%(V/V),发酵培养基初始pH值为7.0。氯化钠浓度为0?30 g/L时降解酶比活力不受影响,这是已报道的耐盐性最强的一株毒死蜱降解菌。     

筛选产类细菌素乳酸菌及类细菌素特性研究

从健康鸡肠道内容物及新鲜粪便中分离到21株乳酸菌,通过单层琼脂平板扩散实验,筛选出1株对藤黄微球菌(Micrococcus luteus)、金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)和枯草杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)等革兰氏阳性菌和大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)等革兰氏阴性菌有明显抑菌活性代谢产物的乳酸菌,经细菌鉴定为乳杆菌属。排除酸和过氧化氢的干扰后,发酵液上清对指示菌仍有抑菌活性;用胰蛋白酶和蛋白酶K处理后抑菌活性明显降低,而胃蛋白酶对其活性无影响;用过氧化氢酶作用上清液,抑菌效果不变,说明过氧化氢未起作用;pH在2.0~7.0时,发酵上清液有抑菌活性;培养液粗提物经120℃处理20 min仍有部分活性,表明培养上清中有蛋白质类细菌素。     

Elimination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from fermented dry sausages at an organoleptically acceptable level of microencapsulated allyl isothiocyanate

Four sausage batters (17.59% beef, 60.67% pork, and 17.59% pork fat) were inoculated with two commercial starter culture organisms (>7 log(10) CFU/g Pediococcus pentosaceus and 6 log(10) CFU/g Staphylococcus carnosus) and a five-strain cocktail of nonpathogenic variants of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to yield 6 to 7 log(10) CFU/g. Microencapsulated allyl isothiocyanate (AIT) was added to three batters at 500, 750, or 1,000 ppm to determine its antimicrobial effects. For sensory analysis, separate batches with starter cultures and 0, 500, or 750 ppm microencapsulated AIT were produced. Sausages were fermented at < or =26 degrees C and 88% relative humidity (RH) for 72 h. Subsequently sausages were dried at 75% RH and 13 degrees C for at least 25 days. The water activity (a(w)), pH, and levels of starter cultures, E. coli O157:H7, and total bacteria were monitored during fermentation and drying. All sausages showed changes in the initial pH from 5.57 to 4.89 and in a(w) from 0.96 to 0.89 by the end of fermentation and drying, respectively. Starter culture numbers were reduced during sausage maturation, but there was no effect of AIT on meat pH reduction. E. coli O157:H7 was reduced by 6.5 log(10) CFU/g in sausages containing 750 and 1,000 ppm AIT after 21 and 16 days of processing, respectively. E. coli O157:H7 numbers were reduced by 4.75 log(10) CFU/g after 28 days of processing in treatments with 500 ppm AIT, and the organism was not recovered from this treatment beyond 40 days. During sensory evaluation, sausages containing 500 ppm AIT were considered acceptable although slightly spicy by panelists.     

Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in tissues of experimentally infected cattle and in hard salami.

Muscle, organ, and lymphoid tissues of four Holstein cows experimentally inoculated (intravenously) with Listeria monocytogenes were examined 2, 6, or 54 days postinoculation for the presence of the organism by direct plating and cold enrichment procedures. L. monocytogenes was isolated from 66% of the tissues sampled; 38% of the isolations were attributed to the use of cold enrichment. Isolation of the organism from muscle tissue was possible only with animals inoculated 2 days before slaughter. The fate of L. monocytogenes during the manufacture and storage of fermented hard salami made from this meat also was determined. Three sausage treatments were evaluated: (i) uninoculated control sausage, (ii) "naturally" contaminated sausage (NC) made from meat of an experimentally inoculated cow, and (iii) sausage made from beef inoculated with a laboratory culture of L. monocytogenes (I). Initial Listeria levels in NC and I sausage were 10(3) CFU/g in trial 1 and 10(4) CFU/g in trial 2. Numbers of L. monocytogenes decreased by approximately 1 log10 CFU/g during fermentation and decreased further during drying and refrigerated storage. Small numbers (less than or equal to 20 CFU/g) of L. monocytogenes were present in I and NC sausage at the end of 12 weeks of refrigerated storage; recovery of these organisms generally depended on the use of an enrichment procedure. The results indicate that L. monocytogenes does not multiply during the fermentation and drying processes typical of hard salami manufacture but that survival may occur if the organism is initially present at greater than or equal to 10(3) CFU/g.     

Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in tissues of experimentally infected cattle and in hard salami

Muscle, organ, and lymphoid tissues of four Holstein cows experimentally inoculated (intravenously) with Listeria monocytogenes were examined 2, 6, or 54 days postinoculation for the presence of the organism by direct plating and cold enrichment procedures. L. monocytogenes was isolated from 66% of the tissues sampled; 38% of the isolations were attributed to the use of cold enrichment. Isolation of the organism from muscle tissue was possible only with animals inoculated 2 days before slaughter. The fate of L. monocytogenes during the manufacture and storage of fermented hard salami made from this meat also was determined. Three sausage treatments were evaluated: (i) uninoculated control sausage, (ii) "naturally" contaminated sausage (NC) made from meat of an experimentally inoculated cow, and (iii) sausage made from beef inoculated with a laboratory culture of L. monocytogenes (I). Initial Listeria levels in NC and I sausage were 10(3) CFU/g in trial 1 and 10(4) CFU/g in trial 2. Numbers of L. monocytogenes decreased by approximately 1 log10 CFU/g during fermentation and decreased further during drying and refrigerated storage. Small numbers (less than or equal to 20 CFU/g) of L. monocytogenes were present in I and NC sausage at the end of 12 weeks of refrigerated storage; recovery of these organisms generally depended on the use of an enrichment procedure. The results indicate that L. monocytogenes does not multiply during the fermentation and drying processes typical of hard salami manufacture but that survival may occur if the organism is initially present at greater than or equal to 10(3) CFU/g.     

Gastrointestinal survival and potential bioactivities of Lactobacillus curieae CCTCC M2011381 in the fermentation of plant food

Lactobacillus curieae CCTCC M2011381 is a novel strain isolated from stinky tofu brine. In order to evaluate the potential of the strain in fermenting plant foodstuff and possible bioactivity produced in fermentation, the growth of the strain in soymilk, soy protein isolate and ginkgo nut beverages was studied firstly. Cell counts of the strain could increase 4 log CFU/mL after 20 h of growth in all materials. The scavenging ratio of diphenyl picryl hydrazinyl radical was improved by the fermentation due to total flavonoids content increase, peptides formation, and efficient transformation of soy isoflavone glycoside to aglycone. Meanwhile, the fermentation significantly enhanced the inhibitions of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase of all the three materials. The highest inhibition of 67.2% was achieved by the fermented ginkgo nut beverage. The fermentation also significantly raise the inhibition of angiotensin I converting enzyme of soy protein isolate and ginkgo nut beverages. Finally, the strain was verified survival in mice gastrointestinal tract within all the fermented matrices. The highest cell count, 5.14 log CFU/g faeces, was detected at 5 d after the gavage of fermented soy protein isolate beverage. Accordingly, L. curieae has the prospect as the starter culture in fermentation of plant foodstuff.     

Death of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in real mayonnaise and reduced-calorie mayonnaise dressing as influenced by initial population and storage temperature.

This study was undertaken to determine the survivability of low-density populations (10(0) and 10(2) CFU/g) of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 inoculated into real mayonnaise and reduced-calorie mayonnaise dressing and stored at 20 and 30 degrees C, temperatures within the range used for normal commercial mayonnaise distribution and storage. Inactivation patterns at 5 degrees C and inactivation of high-inoculum populations (10(6) CFU/g) were also determined. The pathogen did not grow in either mayonnaise formulation, regardless of the inoculum level or storage temperature. Increases in storage temperature from 5 to 20 degrees C and from 20 to 30 degrees C resulted in dramatic increases in the rate of inactivation. Populations of E. coli O157:H7 in the reduced-calorie and real formulations inoculated with a population of 0.23 to 0.29 log10 CFU/g and held at 30 degrees C were reduced to undetectable levels within 1 and 2 days, respectively; viable cells were not detected after 1 day at 20 degrees C. In mayonnaise containing an initial population of 2.23 log10 CFU/g, viable cells were not detected after 4 days at 30 degrees C or 7 days at 20 degrees C; tolerance was greater in real mayonnaise than in reduced-calorie mayonnaise dressing stored at 5 degrees C. The tolerance of E. coli O157:H7 inoculated at the highest population density (6.23 log 10 CFU/g) was less in reduced-calorie mayonnaise dressing than in real mayonnaise at all storage temperatures. In reduced-calorie mayonnaise dressing and real mayonnaise initially containing 2.23 log10 CFU/g, levels were undetectable after 28 and 58 days at 5 degrees C, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Evaluation of lactic acid bacterium fermentation products and food-grade chemicals to control Listeria monocytogenes in blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) meat.

Fresh blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) meat was obtained from retail markets in Florida and sampled for viable Listeria monocytogenes. The pathogen was found in crabmeat in three of four different lots tested by enrichment and at levels of 75 CFU/g in one of the same four lots by direct plating. Next, crabmeat was steam sterilized, inoculated with a three-strain mixture of L. monocytogenes (ca. 5.5 log10 CFU/g), washed with various lactic acid bacterium fermentation products (2,000 to 20,000 arbitrary units [AU]/ml of wash) or food-grade chemicals (0.25 to 4 M), and stored at 4 degrees C. Counts of the pathogen remained relatively constant in control samples during storage for 6 days, whereas in crabmeat washed with Perlac 1911 or MicroGard (10,000 to 20,000 AU), numbers initially decreased (0.5 to 1.0 log10 unit/g) but recovered to original levels within 6 days. Numbers of L. monocytogenes cells decreased 1.5 to 2.7 log10 units/g of crabmeat within 0.04 day when washed with 10,000 to 20,000 AU of Alta 2341, enterocin 1083, or Nisin per ml. Thereafter, counts increased 0.5 to 1.6 log10 units within 6 days. After washing with food-grade chemicals, modest reductions (0.4 to 0.8 log10 unit/g) were observed with sodium acetate (4 M), sodium diacetate (0.5 or 1 M), sodium lactate (1 M), or sodium nitrite (1.5 M). However, Listeria counts in crabmeat washed with 2 M sodium diacetate decreased 2.6 log10 units/g within 6 days. In addition, trisodium phosphate reduced L. monocytogenes counts from 1.7 (0.25 M) to > 4.6 (1 M) log10 units/g within 6 days.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Influence of the natural microbial flora on the acid tolerance response of Listeria monocytogenes in a model system of fresh meat decontamination fluids

Depending on its composition and metabolic activity, the natural flora that may be established in a meat plant environment can affect the survival, growth, and acid tolerance response (ATR) of bacterial pathogens present in the same niche. To investigate this hypothesis, changes in populations and ATR of inoculated (10(5) CFU/ml) Listeria monocytogenes were evaluated at 35 degrees C in water (10 or 85 degrees C) or acidic (2% lactic or acetic acid) washings of beef with or without prior filter sterilization. The model experiments were performed at 35 degrees C rather than lower (8.0 log CFU/ml) by day 1. The pH of inoculated water washings decreased or increased depending on absence or presence of natural flora, respectively. These microbial and pH changes modulated the ATR of L. monocytogenes at 35 degrees C. In filter-sterilized water washings, inoculated L. monocytogenes increased its ATR by at least 1.0 log CFU/ml from days 1 to 8, while in unfiltered water washings the pathogen was acid tolerant at day 1 (0.3 to 1.4 log CFU/ml reduction) and became acid sensitive (3.0 to >5.0 log CFU/ml reduction) at day 8. These results suggest that the predominant gram-negative flora of an aerobic fresh meat plant environment may sensitize bacterial pathogens to acid.     

Fate of pGFP-bearing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef at 2 and 10 degrees C and effects of lactate, diacetate, and citrate

Although beef has been implicated in the largest outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in the United States, studies on the fate of this pathogen have been limited. Problems in such studies are associated with detection of the pathogen at levels considerably lower than the levels of the competing microorganisms. In the present study, a green fluorescent protein-expressing E. coli O157:H7 strain was used, and the stable marker allowed us to monitor the behavior of the pathogen in ground beef stored aerobically from freshness to spoilage at 2 and 10 degrees C. In addition, the effects of sodium salts of lactate (SL) (0.9 and 1.8%), diacetate (SDA) (0.1 and 0.2%), and buffered citrate (SC) (1 and 2%) and combinations of SL and SDA were evaluated. SC had negligible antimicrobial activity, and SL delayed microbial growth, while SDA and SL plus SDA were most inhibitory to the total-aerobe population in the meat. At 2 degrees C, the initial numbers of E. coli O157:H7 (3 and 5 log(10) CFU/g) decreased by approximately 1 log(10) CFU/g when spoilage was manifest (>7 log(10) CFU of total aerobes/g), irrespective of the treatment. There was no decline in the numbers of the pathogen during storage at 10 degrees C. Our results showed that the pathogen was resistant to the salts tested and confirmed that refrigerated meat contaminated with the pathogen remains hazardous.     

Inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus in raw milk cheese by combinations of high-pressure treatments and bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria

AIMS: To investigate the combined effect of high-pressure treatments (HPT) and milk inoculation with bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria (BP-LAB) on the survival of Staphylococcus aureus during ripening of raw milk cheese. METHODS AND RESULTS: Cheeses were manufactured from raw milk artificially contaminated with S. aureus at ca 5 log CFU ml(-1), a commercial starter culture and one of seven strains of BP-LAB, added as adjuncts at 0.1%. HPT of cheeses were performed on days 2 or 50 at 300 MPa (10 degrees C, 10 min) or 500 MPa (10 degrees C, 5 min). On day 3, S. aureus counts were 6.46 log CFU g(-1) in control cheese. Milk inoculation with different BP-LAB lowered S. aureus counts on day 3 when compared with control cheese by up to 0.46 log CFU g(-1), HPT at 300 MPa on day 2 by 0.45 log CFU g(-1) and HPT at 500 MPa on day 2 by 2.43 log CFU g(-1). Combinations of BP-LAB with HPT at 300 and 500 MPa on day 2 lowered S. aureus counts on day 3 by up to 1.02 and 4.00 log CFU g(-1) respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The combined effect of milk inoculation with some of the BP-LAB tested and HPT of cheese on S. aureus inactivation was synergistic. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The combination of HPT at lower pressures with BP-LAB inoculation is a feasible system to improve cheese safety in case of deleterious effects on cheese quality caused by HPT at higher pressures.     

Survival of Campylobacter jejuni in chicken meat at frozen storage temperatures

The aim of this study was to determine the survival of Campylobacter jejuni in chicken meat samples at frozen temperatures and given length of incubation and to determine the impact of aerobic bacteria on the survival of C. jejuni. The chicken meat samples were inoculated with C. jejuni NCTC 11351 suspensions and stored in bags at temperatures of -20°C and -70°C. The mean value of C. jejuni from meat samples decreased from 7.52 log10 CFU/g after 30 minutes of incubation at ambient temperature, to 3.87 log10 CFU/g on the eighth week of incubation at -20°C, and to 3.78 log10 CFU/g at incubation at -70°C after the same incubation period. Both freezing temperatures, -20°C and -70°C, decreased the number of campylobacters. The presence of aerobic mesophilic bacteria did not influence the survival of C. jejuni in chicken meet samples. Keeping poultry meat at freezing temperatures is important for the reduction of C. jejuni, which has a strong influence on the prevention of occurrence of campylobacteriosis in humans.