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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2010 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 16-21
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.16.21

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I.C. Oladipo


D.T. Adeleke


A.O. Adebiyi

Country: Nigeria

Keywords


  • Bacillus licheniformis
  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Bacillus circulans
  • Proteus morganii
  • Pseudomonas cepacia
  • Bacillus alvei and Pseudomonas chlororaphis
  • fruit juice
  • pH
  • benzoic acid
  • sodium chloride
Research Article

The Effect of pH and Chemical Preservatives on the Growth of Bacterial Isolates from Some Nigerian Packaged Fruit Juices

I.C. Oladipo, D.T. Adeleke and A.O. Adebiyi
Bacterial pathogens were isolated from some Nigerian packaged fruit juices. The isolates were characterized and identified as Bacillus licheniformis, Aeromonas hydrophila, Bacillus circulans, Proteus morganii, Pseudomonas cepacia, Bacillus alvei and Pseudomonas chlororaphis. The antibiotic susceptibility profile of the seven isolates was determined and it was discovered that 65% of the microorganisms isolated were resistance to the antibiotic used while 35% were sensitive. The effect of pH, benzoic acid and sodium chloride concentration on the growth rate of isolates was investigated. It was found that as the pH of the growth medium increased from 3 to 9, the rate of growth of most isolates also increased except for Pseudomonas cepacia, which had optimum growth at neutral pH 7. As the concentration of sodium chloride increased from 2 to 5%, the rate of growth of all the seven isolates decreased. It was also noted that as concentration of benzoic acid increased from 250 to 1000 mg L-1 Bacillus licheniformis decreased from 1.330 to 0.167 nm, Aeromonas hydrophila decreased from 1.208 to 0.164 nm Bacillus circulans decreases from 1.158 to 0.299 nm, Proteus morganii decreases from 1.377 to 0.141 nm etc. The higher the concentration of Benzoic acid the lower the rate of growth of the isolates.
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I.C. Oladipo, D.T. Adeleke and A.O. Adebiyi, 2010. The Effect of pH and Chemical Preservatives on the Growth of Bacterial Isolates from Some Nigerian Packaged Fruit Juices. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 13: 16-21.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.16.21

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2010.16.21

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