| Literature DB >> 9898 |
K A Ito, J K Chen, P A Lerke, M L Seeger, J A Unverferth.
Abstract
The addition of various amounts of acetic acid to pureed cucumbers inoculated with Clostridium botulinum spores has shown that outgrowth is inhibited at pH 4.8 but not at pH 5.0. Inoculation experiments with whole cucumbers showed that as little as 0.9% acetic acid in the brine was sufficient to prevent outgrowth from spore inocula as high as 10(6)/cucumber. It was further shown that the rapid rate of acetic acid penetration into fresh-pack pickles prevents the growth of any C. botulinum spores that may be present.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID： 9898 PMCID： PMC170016 DOI： 10.1128/aem.32.1.121-124.1976
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN： 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792