Rev. Fac. Agron. (LUZ). 1998, 15: 256-261
Effect of sugar concentration and pasteurization on survival of Rhodotorula
rubra and Candida intermedia in orange juice
Efecto de la concentración de azúcar y de la pasteurización en la
resistencia de Rhodotorula rubra y Candida intermedia en jugo de naranja
Recibido el 02-10-1997 lAceptado el
28-04-1998
1. Laboratorio de Alimentos. Departamento de Química.Facultad Experimental de Ciencias.
La Universidad del Zulia. Apartado 526. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 061.598062. Fax: 061.414745.
e-mail [email protected]
B. Sulbarán de Ferrer1, D. Trávez, A. Ferrer, G. Ojeda de
Rodríguez y R. A. Nava R.
Resumen
Rhodotorula rubra y Candida intermedia aisladas de
naranjadas pasteurizadas comerciales, fueron inoculadas en jugo de naranja estéril con
una concentración total de azúcares de 12, 20, 30, 40, 56 y 62 °Brix e incubadas por 48
horas a 28 °C. Los azúcares fueron fructosa, glucosa y sacarosa en una proporción
1:1:2. Los cultivos de las levaduras a cada concentración de azúcares fueron
pasteurizados e incubados durante 48 y 72 horas a 28 °C. Los resultados mostraron que
ambas levaduras crecieron en todas las concentraciones de azúcar. Después de la
pasteurización Rhodotorula rubra pudo sobrevivir cuando el contenido de azúcar fue mayor
o igual a 40 °Brix y C. intermedia no pudo sobrevivir para ninguna concentración
de azúcar.
Palabras claves: jugo de naranja, Rhodotorula rubra, Candida intermedia,
concentración de azúcar, resistencia térmica, sobrevivencia.
Abstract
Rhodotorula rubra and Candida intermedia isolated from
commercial pasteurized orangeades, were inoculated in sterile orange juice with total
sugar concentrations of 12, 20, 30, 40, 56, and 62 °Brix, and incubated for 48h at 28
°C. The sugars were fructose, glucose and sucrose at a 1:1:2 proportion. The cultures of
the microorganisms at each sugar concentration were pasteurized and incubated for 48 and
72h at 28 °C. Results showed that both yeasts grew at all sugar concentrations. After
pasteurization Rhodotorula rubra could survive only when sugar content was equal to or
higher than 40 °Brix, and C. intermedia could not survive at any sugar content.
Key words: Orange juice, Rhodotorula rubra, Candida intermedia, sugar
concentration, thermal resistance, survival.
Introduction
Pasteurized orangeades results from dilution of orange juice
concentrate from 58 to 12 °Brix. (11). This product is widely consumed in Venezuela,
principally by children. The shelf life of this product is very short, about 2 to 3 days,
after which it presents changes in its organoleptic properties like large amount of
sediments, redish color, and undesirable acidic flavor. Many investigations on microflora
of citrus juices and by-products have reported that yeasts most frequently isolated from
orange juice are Candida sp, Candida intermedia, Candida maltosa, Candida
mongoliae, Candida tropicalis, Rhodotorula sp., Rhodotorula rubra, Pichia membranaefaciens and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, among others (3,8,16).
In Venezuela, Guerra (8) and Delgado (3) isolated and identified the microflora of
pasteurized orangeades and found that R. rubra and C. intermedia and Candida sp. were present in a very high concentration (>104 ufc/ml). Yeasts are the major
target of pasteurization when frozen orange juice con centrate is reconstituted for
chilled juice production (10). The injury and recovery of yeasts after thermal treatments
have been investigated (3, 6, 7, 9, 17).
Thermal resistance of microorganisms, as well as kinetics of microbial
spoilage were reported by several authors (3, 9, 14). Well-defined thermal inactivation
studies are necessary for those microorganisms present in pasteurized orangeades in order
to define process heating requirements and avoid quality defects associated with yeast
growth. In addition, it has been shown that sugar concentration affects thermal resistance
(3, 9).
The objective of this work is to study the growth and survival of the
yeasts R. rubra and C. intermedia over a wide range of sugar soluble
solids concentration, and the recovery of the yeast after a bach pasteurization process in
those high soluble solid medium. This work will be useful to design thermal studies to
find appropriate heating process conditions for these products.
Materials and methods
Yeasts. Strains of Candida intermedia (LMA188) and Rhodotorula
rubra (LMA288) isolated from commercial pasteurized orangeades by Delgado (3) and
Guerra (8), were obtained from the Laboratorio de Microbiología de Alimentos, Universidad
del Zulia, Venezuela, and stock cultures were maintained on malta agar (Difco, Detroit,
MI) at 4 °C.
Inocula for the experiments were prepared by adding a fresh culture of
the yeasts, adjusted to have between 40 and 60 cells per field with the 40X objective of
the microscope.
Preparation of orange juice at different concentrations of soluble
solids. Orange juice was extracted from healthy, ripe and clean oranges (Citrus
sinensis). Density, titratable acidity, pH, and soluble solids concentration were
determined (1). According to the initial soluble solids concentration, fructose, glucose
and sucrose (SIGMA,St. Louis, MO) in a 1:1:2 proportion were added to obtain the following
concentrations of total sugars: 20, 30, 40, 56, and 62 °Brix. A temperature-controlled
ABBE refractrometer was used (Cole-Parmer, Niles, IL). Orange juice with an original
soluble solid content of 12 °Brix was used as a control. All juices were sterilized at
105 °C for 15 min, cooled and stored at 4 °C, to be used no more than 30 min after
preparation.
Determination of high sugar concentration resistance. Both strains of
yeast were cultured in triplicate by adding 1 mL of inoculum to 100 mL orange juice
aliquots prepared at 12, 20, 30, 40, 56, and 62 °Brix. The cultures were then incubated
at 28°C for 48 h and stored at 4°C. Cell concentration was evaluated by surface
plating, in duplicate, on malta agar followed by incubation under aerobic conditions at 28°C for 48 h.
Determination of pasteurization resistance. Three test tubes (6x50mm)
interconnected by a glass rod, each containing 2 mL of culture for each concentration,
were placed in a temperature controlled and shaking water-bath (Precision, Cole-Parmer,
Niles, IL) and pasteurized for 30 min after reaching 63 °C. Vials were withdrawn after
the selected time, cooled on ice, then incubated at 28 °C for 48 h and 72 h. After the
incubation period, the vials were enumerated for both yeast as outlined above. The bath
and sample temperatures were gathered during the thermal treatment. Temperature stability
in the bath during the runs was 5 °C from the set point.
Statistical Analysis. The data were analyzed by analysis of
variance according to Snedecor and Cochran (18).
Results and discussion
R. rubra and C. intermedia were chosen as the target
organisms for this study because of their prevalence in pasteurized orange juice sold in
Venezuela (3, 8, 19).
The orange juice extracted had 12 °Brix, 1.05 g/ml of density, 2.55
g/100 g of titratable acidity (expressed as citric acid), and pH of 3.5.
Effect of sugar concentration. Figure 1 shows that R. rubra could grow to a high cell count over all the sugar concentration ranges. R. rubra cell counts showed no significant differences at the different sugar concentrations (P
< 0.05). On the other hand, C. intermedia could grow in the range of 12
to 40 °Brix up to 10E7 CFU/mL without significant differences (P < 0.05), but for 56
and 62 °Brix, there were lower cell counts, and these were significantly different from
the cell counts at other sugar concentrations (P < 0.05). Although C. intermedia did not grow at these sugar concentrations, it could be detected on malta agar, showing
that many were capable of surviving.
Effect of pasteurization. Figure 2 summarizes the effects of sugar on
the cell concentration after heat treatment. There are only R. rubra cell counts,
since C. intermedia did not grow at any sugar concentration after
pasteurization. Some authors have reported that some species of Candida can lose
their ability to ferment glucose due to a high temperature exposure, thermal inactivation
of the pyruvate decarboxylase enzyme, or inactivation of ribosomes (5,15). Other authors
reported that recovery of heat injured cells of S. cerevisiae decreased with
increasing concentration of glucose (7). The behavior of R. rubra was totally
different. For a low sugar concentration as in orange juice, thermally injured cells of R.
rubra could not be recovered (13). In this work, there were not survivors for 12, 20
and 30 °Brix. Barreiro and Vidaurreta (2), reported that R. rubra was not
resistant to the pasteurization process in orange juice. For the highest sugar
concentrations, 42, 56 and 62 °Brix, thermal resistance of R. rubra increases for
both incubation periods, 48 and 72h, after pasteurization. Juven et al. (9)
determined that high sugar concentration in orange concentrate increases the heat
resistance of yeast, and stated that citric acid also played a role in heat resistance of
spoiled yeast in orange concentrate. Since in this experiment juices had the same acid
content and only differed in sugar content, the differences were due to differences in
sugar concentration. Sadler et al.(17) have reported that yeast and mold endured
thermal treatments (light and full pasteurization) procedures. In addition, Medina (12)
studied by electron microscopy the cellular protoplasm of R. rubra cultured at high
sugar concentration, showing that cellular protoplasm decreased without plasmolysis.
Fennema (4), also indicated that an increase in thermal resistance may be caused by the
passive dehydration of cellular protoplasm, providing a mechanism for cell protection at
high sugar content. This could explain the increase in thermal resistance of R. rubra at a sugar content equal or higher than 40 °Brix, found in this work.
Figure 1. Survivors of Rhodotorula rubra and Candida
intermedia over a different soluble solids concentration.
Figure 2. Cell concentration of Rhodotorula rubra after
pasteurization at two incubation periods.
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