เศรษฐวิทย์ สัมโปสะเสน. Improvement of Nutrient and Growth Conditions to Enhance Kinetics of Salmonella Liquid Enrichment . Master's Degree(Food Engineering). King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. KMUTT Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2010.
Improvement of Nutrient and Growth Conditions to Enhance Kinetics of Salmonella Liquid Enrichment
Abstract:
This research was conducted to improve the nutrients and growth conditions during the
liquid pre-enrichment step to detect Salmonella spp. in food samples. The concentration
(ranging from 5-fold to 0.125-fold strength) of the conventional Tryptic Soy Broth
(TSB) was varied to investigate the overall nutrient requirement of Salmonella.
Different sources of alternative supplements were used to replace the conventional
nitrogen source derived from milk and soy beans. Local protein sources (i.e., chicken,
pork, fish, mushrooms, amino acid, seafood and eggs) were processed and prepared to
replace the original TSB recipe. The amino acid cocktail was prepared from these local
sources to enhance Salmonella enrichment medium. Growth profiles of Salmonella
grown on these media were monitored and growth kinetic information was extracted
from a mathematical model; sigmoid model was chosen to capture the sigmoidal batch
growth nature of Salmonella in the pre-enrichment step. The growth kinetics of
Salmonella revealed that the optimal growth occurred when the concentration of TSB
was in the range between 0.125-fold and 2-fold strength. At concentrations of TSB
higher than 3-fold, the growth of Salmonella was deteriorated, perhaps as a result of
osmotic stress. The maximum value of the specific growth rate was 2.346 h the power of -1 at the
2-fold strength treatment. Using chicken meat as a protein source, there existed the best
preparation process to prepare medium for Salmonella growth. High temperature and
long processing time helped extract essential amino acid cocktails that suited the growth
of Salmonella. The high pressure cooking treatment at 121 ํC for 60 minutes returned
the best growth characteristics. Among different alternative sources to substitute the
conventional TSB, several options (e.g., chicken, fish and pork) were able to grow
Salmonella at the comparable growth as the TSB. Up to 7 log-scale multiplication was
achieved within 8 hours. There were potential alternatives to replace TSB for the
Salmonella pre-enrichment step and these alterative sources can be easily acquired
locally and inexpensively.