A Technique Comparison of Isolation of Lipolytic Bacteria

1990 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. HARRIS ◽  
S. L. CUPPETT ◽  
L. B. BULLERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Nile Blue ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Growth Media ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Psychrotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Plate Count Agar ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
Technique Comparison

Three different agar diffusion screening methods, employing two growth media, standard plate count agar (SPCA) and 1% peptone enriched trypticase soy agar (TSA), were used to isolate psychrotrophic bacteria from raw milk which produce lipase. Clarified butterfat and nile blue sulfate served as the substrate and dye, respectively, in all methods. Although a double-overlay method yielded slightly greater numbers of lipolytic bacteria than a single-layered method with comparable media, better visual clarity was achieved with the single-layered method. Peptone enriched TSA medium supported better growth of lipolytic bacteria than SPCA.

Preliminary Incubation Count as an Index of Raw Milk Microbiological Quality During Storage

1984 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. RYAN ◽  
R. H. GOUGH ◽  
C. H. WHITE
Keyword(s):  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Storage Period ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Bacterial Counts ◽  
Sample Group ◽  
Psychrotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Milk Samples ◽  
Standard Plate

During a 5-month period, 200 raw milk samples were collected from two Louisiana milk plants. Standard Plate Count (SPC), Psychrotrophic Bacteria Count (PBC), and Proteolytic Count (PC) of each sample were initially determined, then monitored daily during a 5-d storage period at 2.2°C. As hypothesized, all bacterial counts increased during the storage period. The magnitude of the increase in bacterial numbers during storage was further investigated by dividing the milk samples into bacteriologically acceptable and unacceptable groups based on SPC or Preliminary Incubation (PI) count. An SPC of 1.0 × 105/ml and PI counts of 1.0 × 105/ml, 1.5 × 105/ml, 2.3 × 105/ml, and 3.0 × 105/ml were used to repeatedly dichotomize the 200 raw milk samples into two groups. Median SPC, PBC, and PC for each acceptable and unacceptable group were then calculated. Dichotomization based on PI counts yielded acceptable sample groups having consistently lower bacterial counts during storage than did the acceptable sample group, which resulted from the dichotomization based on a SPC of 1.0 × 105/ml. The results of this study indicated that the PI count is of considerable value for raw milk quality control.

Subpasteurization Heat Treatment to Inactivate Lipase and Control Bacterial Growth in Raw Milk

1982 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 513-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. SENYK ◽  
R. R. ZALL ◽  
W. F. SHIPE
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Lipase Activity ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Heat Treatments ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Psychrotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
And Control

Raw milk was heat-treated under subpasteurization and suprapasteurization conditions, cooled and stored for up to 72 h at 4.4 and 6.7°C. Milk lipase activity and bacteria counts were monitored in both unheated and heated milks. Inhibition of milk lipase activity ranged from 42 to 98% for treatments of 57.2°C for 10 sec to 73.9°C for 10 sec, respectively. The logs of Standard Plate Count after 72 h of storage at 6.7°C were 6.56, 4.86, 4.31, 4.00 and 2.82 for unheated and 10-sec heat treatments at 57.2, 65.6, 73.9 and 82.2°C, respectively. Psychrotrophic Bacteria Counts were also lower in the heated milks than in the unheated milk. The logs of Psychrotrophic Bacteria Counts after 72 h of storage at 6.7°C were 6.21, 2.45, 2.27, 1.33 and 1.00 for unheated and 10-sec heat treatments at 57.2, 65.6, 73.9 and 82.2°C, respectively. Heat treatment of raw milk supplies would result in limiting action of the milk lipase system and growth of bacteria.

Temperature Equilibration Times of Plate Count Agar and a Comparison of 50 Versus 45 C for Recovery of Raw-Milk Bacteria1

1975 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 319-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. N. HUHTANEN ◽  
A. R. BRAZIS ◽  
W. L. ARLEDGE ◽  
C. B. DONNELLY ◽  
R. E. GINN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raw Milk ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Equilibration Time ◽  
Standard Methods ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Milk Samples ◽  
Plate Count Agar ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Tempering Time

Sixty raw milk samples were plated using “Standard Methods” agar tempered to 45 or 50 ± 1 C. The standard plate count was significantly lower with the agar at 50 C. Tempering time (to 44–46 C) of a flask of agar in a water bath was about 5–10 min longer than that of a comparable flask of water. Time required to reach the desired temperature depended upon the volume of agar in the flasks, the number of flasks, and the volume of the water in the bath. Up to an hour of equilibration time may be necessary for newly autoclaved agar to reach the recommended temperature (44–46 C). Insufficient tempering time might cause an excessively high plating agar temperature which might cause a reduction in bacterial counts, especially of a heat sensitive psychrotrophic bacterium.

Heat Resistant Psychrotrophic Bacteria in Raw Milk and Their Growth at 7 C

1978 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. MIKOLAJCIK ◽  
N. T. SIMON
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Psychrotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Heat Resistant ◽  
Heated Milk ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
Subsequent Storage ◽  
Microbiological Data

Microbiological data are presented for 109 raw milk samples, and for the same samples after heat treatment at 80 C for 12 min, and upon subsequent storage at 7 C for 7, 14, and 28 days. The Standard Plate Count of the raw milk averaged 110,000/ml with 65% of these organisms being penicillin-resistant. Immediately after heat treatment, 87% of the samples had psychrotrophic spore counts< 10/ml. After 14 and 28 days of storage, 50 and 83% of the samples had psychrotrophic counts ≥ 100,000/ml. It was concluded that growth of heat-resistant psychrotrophic organisms may cause spoilage of heated milk. No relationship could be demonstrated between gram-negative counts of raw milk, or initial mesophilic spore counts of heated milk, and bacterial numbers in heated, stored milk.

Effect of Low-Temperature Cleaning on Microbiological Quality of Raw Milk and Cleanliness of Milking Equipment on the Farm

1978 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 902-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
DARRELL L. BIGALKE
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Psychrotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Wash Solution ◽  
Standard Plate

Milking equipment on four farms each in the St. Paul. Minnesota area and the Ithaca, New York area was cleaned at wash solution starting temperatures of 120, 130, 140, 150, and 160 F. The effect of wash solution temperature on raw milk microbiological quality was determined by the Standard Plate Count (SPC), Psychrotrophic Bacteria Count (PBC). Coliform Count (CC) and Laboratory Pasteurized Count (LPC). Cleanliness of the farm milking equipment was determined by microbiological counts (SPC, PBC, CC) of circulated sterile water, visual examination and determination of residual calcium on the equipment. Statistical analysis of the data indicated that Klenzade farm detergents and Agway farm detergents can be used at temperatures such that the final wash solution temperature does not drop below 105 F and have no significant effect on cleaning performance, microbiological quality of raw milk or microbiological status of the milking equipment.

Sanitary Evaluation of Target Flowmeter Used in a Dairy Processing Plant

1991 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 966-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNEL K. GREENE ◽  
THOMAS G. REYNOLDS ◽  
EMILY M. SOUTHERLAND
Keyword(s):  
Raw Milk ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Plate Count Agar ◽  
Dairy Processing ◽  
Milk Flow ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
Dairy Plant ◽  
Sanitary Conditions

A target flowmeter, used to measure raw milk flow, was examined for sanitary conditions in a university dairy plant 10 times over a period of eight weeks. The flowmeter connection was swabbed at four different locations along the dairy plant connection at four different times during the work day: i) after chlorine sanitization, before product; ii) after product, before cleaning in place (CIP); iii) after CIP, before acid sanitization; and iv) after acid sanitization, at end of day. Samples were plated in duplicate on standard plate count agar and on violet red bile agar. After routine CIP cleaning and sanitization procedures, bacterial counts were low. Additionally, no finished product contamination problems were detected over the 7 months of flowmeter use as shown by routine quality control tests on pasteurized milk which had flowed past the in-line meter as raw milk. These results indicate that normal cleaning and sanitization procedures were adequate for the in-line flowmeter.

Evaluation of the 3M Dry Medium Culture Plate (Petrifilm™ SM) Method for Determining Numbers of Bacteria in Raw Milk1

1984 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 753-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. GINN ◽  
V. S. PACKARD ◽  
T. L. FOX
Keyword(s):  
Cold Water ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Gelling Agent ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
Indicator Dye

The 3M Company has developed a sample-ready system (Petrifilm ™ SM) for enumerating bacteria in milk and other food products. The testing unit consists of Standard Methods culture medium coated onto a base film and overlaid with a second film coated with a cold-water-soluble gelling agent and tetrazolium indicator dye. As such, the system is ready to accept samples of product. A pipette or 0.001-ml plate loop continuous pipetting syringe can be used for applying samples. In this study, both methods of sample addition were used and results compared with those of the Standard Plate Count (SPC) and standard Plate Loop (PL) methods for determining bacteria numbers in raw milk. In total, 108 samples were analyzed in duplicate by each of the four methods. The correlation coefficients (r) between the 3M-SPC and SPC, 3M-PL and PL, 3M-PL and SPC and PL and SPC were 0.946, 0.935, 0.941, and 0.974, respectively. Repeatability, as measured by mean log10 variance for duplicate determinations, was essentially the same for the four methods, and in all instances less than 0.005. The mean log10 differences between the SPC and 3M-SPC, and SPC and 3M-PL were, respectively, −0.177 and −0.168. The preceding statistical criteria suggest the Petrifilm™ SM method to be a suitable alternative to the SPC or the PL procedure.

A STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF THE 3M BRAND AUTOMATIC COLONY COUNTER1,2

1974 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 435-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Packard ◽  
Roy E. Ginn
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Evaluation ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
The Other ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Culture Plate ◽  
Counter Model ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
Colony Counter

The 3M Brand Automatic Colony Counter, Model 620, was evaluated and compared with three laboratory technicians on raw milk Standard Plate Count (SPC) cultures over the range of counts from 0–300 colonies per culture plate. Overall, the estimated total variance for the three technicians was 15.07, for the 3M unit 17.82. On plates averaging greater than 150 colonies the 3M unit and hand counts were about equal in Variability. On lower counts the 3M device was somewhat more variable, although within what would appear to be acceptable limits. For the range of data studied, 99.4% of the variance (for the average of three counts by either method) could be accounted for by a similar average of observations using the other method. The 3M unit averaged 2.33 counts higher than technician counts.

Effect of Delayed Heading on Some Quality Attributes of Penaeus Shrimp1

1979 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. ALVAREZ ◽  
J. A. KOBURGER
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Storage Period ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
Sensory Panel ◽  
Bacterial Populations ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Plate Count Agar ◽  
Pseudomonas Species ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
Plate Counts

To determine the effect of delayed heading on shrimp quality, shrimp were stored on ice with and without heads for 10 days. Some shrimp were delay-headed after 5 days and returned to ice for the remainder of the storage period. Microbiological studies were conducted at 0, 5 and 10 days of storage. Total aerobic plate counts were done using Standard Plate Count agar with an added 0.5% NaCl. Incubation was at 20 C for 5 days. Analyses indicated similar counts on shrimp tails stored with or without heads and those delayed-headed. Counts ranged from 2.4 × 106 bacteria/gram at 0 day to 1.6 × 109 bacteria/gram on the 10th day. Identification of the flora present revealed that the same major groups of organisms predominated on shrimp tails subjected to the different storage treatments and the head did not alter development of the usual flora. Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, Planococcus, Moraxella and the Vibrio/Aeromonas group were the major genera encountered. A shift in bacterial populations was observed during storage. Flavobacterium species predominated during the first 5 days of storage; however, after the fifth day Pseudomonas species predominated. Sensory panel data revealed no differences in acceptability between shrimp tails stored with or without heads and those delay-headed.

THE QUALITY OF RAW MILK FROM SELECTED OHIO MARKETS.

1966 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 118-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Ohri ◽  
W. L. Slatter
Keyword(s):  
Raw Milk ◽  
Plate Count ◽  
High Count ◽  
Coliform Count ◽  
Standard Plate Count ◽  
Milk Samples ◽  
Bacteriological Method ◽  
Standard Plate ◽  
Bulk Tank

Summary An 8-month survey of the bacteriological quality of bulk tank produced fluid milk supplies for four major markets in Ohio, was made utilizing the Standard Plate Count (SPC), the preliminary incubation count (PI), the thermoduric (pasteurized milk) count, and the coliform count. In terms of maximum standards of 200,000 and 100,000 organisms/ml, the SPC would have eliminated 13% and 20% of the milk samples, respectively. A SPC of 50,000/ml, a PI count of 200,000/ml, a thermoduric count of 500/ml, and a coliform count of 100/ml would have eliminated 37%, 34%, 40%, and 40%, respectively, of the samples but not all of the samples eliminated by one test were eliminated by another test. All of the tests employed showed a seasonal trend especially in the high count categories but the trend was less noticeable in the results of the preliminary incubation count. A combination of two of the methods was superior to any single bacteriological method employed in detecting unsatisfactory milk. Of the tests used, the combination of the thermoduric count (500/ml) and the coliform count (100/ml) was the most effective in the detection of unsatisfactory milk samples.

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