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Author(s):  
Qingzhou Meng ◽  
Hongmei Yang ◽  
Guiquan Zhang ◽  
Wenjun Sun ◽  
Peixiang Ma ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Bose ◽  
Daniel P. Auvil ◽  
Erica L. Moore ◽  
Sean D. Moore

In the beer brewing industry, microbial spoilage presents a consistent threat that must be monitored and controlled to ensure the palatability of a finished product. Many of the predominant beer spoilage microbes have been identified and characterized, but the mechanisms of contamination and persistence remain an open area of study. Post-production, many beers are distributed as kegs that are attached to draft delivery systems in retail settings where ample opportunities for microbial spoilage are present. As such, restaurants and bars can experience substantial costs and downtime for cleaning when beer draft lines become heavily contaminated. Spoilage monitoring on the retail side of the beer industry is often overlooked, yet this arena may represent one of the largest threats to the profitability of a beer if its flavor profile becomes substantially distorted. In this study, we sampled and cultured microbial communities found in beers dispensed from a retail draft system to identify the contaminating bacteria and yeasts. We also evaluated their capability to establish new biofilms in a controlled setting. Among four tested beer types, we identified over a hundred different contaminant bacteria and nearly twenty wild yeasts. The culturing experiments demonstrated that most of these microbes were viable and capable of joining new biofilm communities. From these data, we provide an important starting point for the efficient monitoring of beer spoilage in draft systems and provide suggestions for cleaning protocol improvements that can benefit the retail community.


Author(s):  
Minami Umegatani ◽  
Nobuchika Takesue ◽  
Shizuka Asano ◽  
Hideyo Tadami ◽  
Kazuhiko Uemura

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Le Zhao

Lactobacillus brevis is the most common bacteria that causes beer spoilage. In this work, a novel electrochemical immunosensor was fabricated for ultra-sensitive determination of L. brevis. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were firstly electro-deposited on the electrode surface for enhancing the electro-conductivity and specific surface area. Ionic liquid was used for improving the immobilization performance of the immunosensor. After optimization, a linear regression equation can be observed between the ∆current and concentration of L. brevis from 104 CFU/mL to 109 CFU/mL. The limit of detection can be estimated to be 103 CFU/mL.


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