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Assay of proteinases of psychrotrophic bacteria in milk using Hide Powder Azure and a simple procedure for clarification of milk
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2009
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The clarification of milk by addition of solutions of Triton X-100 and EDTA after digestion of added Hide Powder Azure (HPA) was found to provide a simple method of determining the extracellular proteinase activity of Gram-negative psychrotrophic bacteria in pasteurized whole milk. The light absorbance of the clarified HPA digestion product was measured directly, after a brief incubation period, and was stable to storage of samples in diffuse daylight for at least 2 d. Proteinase produced by growth in refrigerated whole milk of as few as 2·5 × 106 cfu ml−1 of Pseudomonas fluorescens AR11 was detected.
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