Abstract
Carnobacterium maltaromaticum, Brochothrix thermosphacta and Serratia liquefaciens are common spoilage organisms found within the microbiome of refrigerated vacuum-packaged (VP) beef. Extending and predicting VP beef shelf-life requires knowledge about how spoilage bacteria growth is influenced by environmental extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Multifactorial effects of pH, lactic acid (LA) and glucose on growth kinetics were quantified for C. maltaromaticum, B. thermosphacta and S. liquefaciens within a heat shrink-wrapped VP commercial film containing a simulated beef medium. LA, pH, and undissociated lactic acid (UDLA) significantly affected bacterial growth rate (p < 0.001), whereas 5.55 mM glucose produced a marginal effect. At 1.12 mM UDLA, growth rate and maximum population density decreased 20.9 and 3.5%, 56 and 7%, and 11 and 2% for C. maltaromaticum, B. thermosphacta, and S. liquefaciens, respectively.
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