The effect of temperature and water activity on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus

Alžbeta Medveďová, Ľubomír Valík and Adriana Studeničová
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Alžbeta Medveďová: Department of Nutrition and Food Assessment, Institute of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health Protection, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Ľubomír Valík: Department of Nutrition and Food Assessment, Institute of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health Protection, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Adriana Studeničová: Department of Nutrition and Food Assessment, Institute of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health Protection, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2009, vol. 27, issue SpecialIssue2, SII28-SII35

Abstract: The growth responses of Staphylococcus aureus 2064 as affected by water activity and incubation temperature were studied in two different laboratory media. Growth parameters at temperatures from 7 to 51°C and aw in the range from 1.0 to 0.86 were fitted using Ratkowsky models. The effect of temperature within its whole range on the specific growth rate was modelled by the extended model under the following equation: √µ = 0.0456 (T - Tmin) [1 - e0.447(T - Tmax)]. The water activity values of tested media were adjusted by sodium chloride in the range from aw = 1.0 to 0.86 and experiments were conducted at 15 and 18°C. The growth responses of S. aureus on water activity at 15°C and 18°C in PCA broth and BHI broth was described by simplified Ratkowsky model in the form: √µ = b × aw. Validation of the found relationships confirmed sound fitting of the data and thus the referred results of the isolate originated from ewes' cheese can be used in the growth prediction of S. aureus, reliably.

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; temperature; water activity; predictive microbiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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