Article
Alterations in the major heterotrophic bacterial populations isolated from a still bottled mineral water.
The Journal of applied bacteriology - 1 Nov 1990
Morais P V, da Costa M S
Abstract excerpt
The heterotrophic bacterial population of a bottled mineral water stored in returnable glass bottles and in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) bottles at room temperature was studied over 9-12 months. The plate counts in R2A medium incubated at 22 degrees and 37 degrees C were low initially, increasing to 10(4)-10(5) cfu/ml within a few days of bottling. The number of bacteria recovered at 22 degrees C from PVC bottles was...
Topics
- Bacteria
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Food Microbiology
- Food Preservation
- Glass
- Mineral Waters
- Phenotype
- Polyvinyl Chloride
- Water Microbiology