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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
Microbial populations of 46 commercially produced sorghum beer samples from retail outlets in Johannesburg, South Africa, were enumerated and characterized. Aerobic plate counts, lactic acid bacteria counts and yeast counts were performed by conventional and Petrifilm plating. Conventional methods yielded yeast counts of 7.84 log CFU/ml, lactic acid bacteria counts of 6.44 log CFU/ml and aerobic plate counts of 5.96 log CFU/ml. In comparison, Petrifilm counts were 7.85 log CFU/ml for yeasts, 5.31 log CFU/ml for lactic acid bacteria and 5.34 log CFU/ml for aerobic bacteria. Characterization of 419 predominant bacterial isolates from Standard One Nutrient Agar, MRS Agar and corresponding Petrifilm plates yielded 88.0% lactic acid bacteria, 8.4% Bacillus species, 2.9% Micrococcus species and 0.7% Gram negative bacteria. Composition of predominant lactic acid bacteria populations from Standard One Nutrient Agar and both types of Petrifilm plates showed marginal differences. Increased proportions of heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria were, however, isolated from conventional MRS Agar compared to the modified Petrifilm product which represented the equivalent to MRS Agar.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0168-1605
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Microbial populations associated with commercially produced South African sorghum beer as determined by conventional and Petrifilm plating.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't