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Growth characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus in milk: a quantitative approach

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  • Alžbeta Medveďová

    (Department of Nutrition and Food Assessment, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

  • Ľubomír Valík

    (Department of Nutrition and Food Assessment, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

  • Zuzana Sirotná

    (Public Health Authority of Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

  • Denisa Liptáková

    (Department of Nutrition and Food Assessment, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogenic bacterium that induces several of human illnesses. The staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) production as the results of previous growth of toxigenic strains is the most crucial problem which may lead to the staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks in humans. That is why the growth of three strains of Staphylococcus aureus was characterised in milk and modelled in dependence of temperature. For the lag phase duration of S. aureus 2064, the Davey model was used with the following result: ln(1/lag) = 1.973 - 87.92/T + 285.09/T2 (R2 = 0.962). The dependence of the growth rate on incubation temperature was modelled by the Ratkowsky square root model and Gibson in sub-optimal and whole temperature range, respectively. The validation of both models showed high significance of the growth rate data fitting. The optimal temperature of Topt = 38.5°C was resulted from Gibson model for the S. aureus 2064 growth in milk. For practical purpose, the time necessary for the increase of S. aureus by 3 log counts was also calculated within the growth temperature range. These data may provide useful information e.g. for the producers using raw milk in their artisanal cheese practice as the specific strains were used in this study.

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  • Alžbeta Medveďová & Ľubomír Valík & Zuzana Sirotná & Denisa Liptáková, 2009. "Growth characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus in milk: a quantitative approach," Czech Journal of Food Sciences, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 27(6), pages 433-453.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlcjf:v:27:y:2009:i:6:id:24-2009-cjfs
    DOI: 10.17221/24/2009-CJFS
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    1. Dina A. Awad & Hazem A. Masoud & Ahmed Hamad, 2024. "Climate changes and food-borne pathogens: the impact on human health and mitigation strategy," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 177(6), pages 1-25, June.

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