Effect of plating and incubation conditions on the detection of lactic acid bacteria after high hydrostatic pressure treatment

ABSTRACT

Lactic acid bacteria (Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Enterococcus faecalis, and Lactobacillus fermentum) were subjected to high hydrostatic pressures (HHPs) of 400 and 600?MPa at 25°C for 10?min in phosphate-buffered saline. Differential plating methods were applied to evaluate HHP-treated cell populations, assuming that healthy and injured cells during plate incubation survived maximum and minimal stress, respectively. The stress was altered by using several selective media in combination with aerobic or anaerobic incubation at 25°C or 30°C. E. faecalis was detectable after 600?MPa treatment while L. mesenteroides and L. fermentum were nondetectable. Specific combinations of incubation conditions were suggested to determine maximum and minimum viable counts of L. mesenteroides and E. faecalis. The difference between the maximum and minimum counts can be used to evaluate HHP-injured population with reduced risks to overestimate healthy and/or underestimate HHP-injured cells.     

Structure and size control of ZnO nanoparticles by applying high pressure to ambient liquid in liquid-phase laser ablation

We synthesized ZnO nanoparticles by laser ablation of a Zn target in water at pressures up to 30 MPa. We observed the enhancement of the crystallinity of synthesized ZnO nanoparticles when high pressure was applied to ambient water. In addition, we found that ZnO nanoparticles with smaller sizes were synthesized by pressurizing ambient water. Considering our previous understanding on the effect of high pressure applied to ambient liquid, the controls of the structure and the size of nanoparticles were considered to be obtained via the controls of the dynamics of laser ablation plasma and ablation-induced cavitation bubble.     

The metabolic effect of resistant starch and yoghurt on the renal and faecal nitrogen and ammonia excretion in humans as measured by lactose-[15N2]ureide

Resistant starch (RS) and Lactobacillus acidophilus yoghurt (LC1) were supplemented simultaneously in healthy adults to evaluate the effect on the urinary and faecal nitrogen and ammonia excretion by means of lactose-[¹⁵N₂]ureide (¹⁵N-LU) degradation. Nineteen subjects received a regular daily diet either without or with supplementation of an RS-LC1-mixture composed of fibre of potatoes (RS type 1), wrinkle pea starch (RS type 2), and LC1 over a 20-day period in randomised order. Thereafter, ¹⁵N-LU was administered together with breakfast. Urine and faeces were collected over a period of 48 and 72 h, respectively. The ¹⁵N abundances were measured by isotope ratio mass spectrometry. The intake of the pre- and probiotic mixture composed of RS of type 1, type 2 and of LC1 significantly lowered the colonic generation and the renal excretion of toxic ¹⁵NH₃ and functioned as an ammonia shift from urinary to faecal ¹⁵N excretion when using ¹⁵N-LU as a xenobiotic marker.     

Effect of pH and high pressure at sub-zero temperature on the viability of some bacteria

The objective of this study was to investigate the viability of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in apple juice after treatment with high pressure at sub-zero temperature and during subsequent storage at 5 and 20 °C. The viability of E. coli and S. aureus cells suspended in the apple juice with a pH of 3.8 did not decrease considerably after pressure treatment at 193 MPa and?20 °C. However, viability losses occurred during storage of samples after pressure treatment. Living cells of both strains were not detected in pressurized samples of apple juice stored for 10 days at 20°C. The lethal effect was lower when the samples after pressure treatment were incubated at refrigerated temperature; the number of E. coli and S. aureus decreased by 6 log cycles when the juice was stored for 10 days at 5 °C.     

Influence of high power ultrasound on Brettanomyces and lactic acid bacteria in wine in continuous flow treatment

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of non-thermal technology, a high power ultrasound (HPU) in continuous flow treatment on the reduction in number of Brettanomyces yeasts and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in wine samples. Yeast cells and lactic acid bacteria were screened for their sensitivity to a high power ultrasound treatment using an ultrasonic processor (400 W, 24 kHz, 100 μm amplitude) at two different wine temperatures (30 and 40 °C). High power ultrasound treatment in continuous flow showed satisfactory reduction of Brettanomyces yeasts (89.1–99.7%) and lactic acid bacteria (71.8–99.3%). Sensory properties of wine were impaired. The results indicate a great potential for the application of HPU in continuous flow system for wine processing in terms of lower usage of SO₂ and preservatives. More attention is needed to preserve sensorial properties of wine.     

Multiplex identification of bacteria in bacterial mixtures with surface‐enhanced Raman scattering

Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a technique capable of identifying each component in a mixture because of its intrinsically narrow spectral bands. In a clinical setting, the identification of bacteria from its initial culture by collecting the colonies on the culture plate significantly decreases the analysis time and the cost. The identification of bacteria from their mixtures is attempted using SERS. A simple mixing procedure of bacterial samples and concentrated colloidal suspension is proven to be mostly satisfactory for the generation of the reproducible SERS spectra that can be used for bacterial identification. The mixture of three different but related bacterial species Shigella sonnei, Proteus vulgaris, and Erwinia amylovara and three Escherichia coli strains (BFK13, BHK7, DH5 α) are used as model systems to test the feasibility of the approach. The results indicate that it is possible to identify the composition of a bacterial mixture. This approach can easily be utilized for the bacteria originating from the same source with similar growth profiles. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fluorescence lifetime characterization of bacteria using total lifetime distribution analysis with the maximum entropy method

Total lifetime distribution analysis was employed to obtain fluorescence lifetime profiles of the intrinsic fluorescence ofPseudomonas fluorescens, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, andStaphylococcus epidermidis. The lifetimes were measured using a multiharmonic Fourier transform phase-modulation fluorometer which can simultaneously measure the phase shift and demodulation at many modulation frequencies. The 364-nm line from an argon-ion laser and the 325- and 442-nm lines from a helium-cadmium laser were used for sample excitation. Broad emission windows were used to capture as much of the bacterial emission as possible for the lifetime measurements. The maximum entropy method was used to recover lifetime profiles from the multifrequency phasemodulation data. At all three excitation wavelengths, the bacteria exhibited three lifetime components, in the ranges of 0.5-1, 2–3, and 4–8 ns. Using 325-nm excitation, a fourth component, in the range of 9–14 ns, was recovered in all of the bacteria; using 364-nm excitation, the fourth component was resolved only in the two Gram-negative bacteria (P. fluorescens andE. coli). Excitation at 364 nm provided the most reproducible lifetime profiles and showed some differences among the four bacteria.     

Equation of state for solids under high pressure,with application to alkali halides

A new equation of state has been derived from an analysis of the relations between energy, pressure and volume combined with a Padé approximation for the pressure. This modified equation of state is first tested by comparison with the exact expressions that are obtained for four-potential models, the Lennard-Jones, the Morse, the Born-Mayer, and the Varshni-Shukla potentials, with excellent results. It is also compared with experimental high-pressure data for four alkali halide crystals with quite good results.     

A method to calculate the thermal conductivity of HMX under high pressure

A method based on Debye theory is developed to calculate the thermal conductivity of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX). The phonon–phonon interaction model is built up for solid HMX. The phonon lifetime formula is derived by the phonon–phonon scattering mechanism, and the thermal conductivity tensor is derived by the phonon dispersion model. The thermal conductivities of α/β/δ-HMX are calculated in the temperature range 0–700?K and pressure range of 0–10?GPa. The phonon softening process of HMX is investigated. We have proven that the Debye frequency and thermal conductivity tend to 0 at the phonon softening point. A physical picture of the phonon–phonon interaction, phonon lifetime and phonon softening is built up.     

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研究了氮氧源大气压等离子体射流对表面大肠杆菌灭活作用,分析了氮氧源大气压等离子体射流的光谱性质.结果表明,在放电电压为6.8kV,气体流速为4L?min-1,处理3min时,氮氧比为1:4的大气压等离子体射流对大肠杆菌的灭活率达到98.4%,接近氧气源大气压等离子体射流灭菌效果.通过大气压等离子体射流发射光谱(OES)分析了氮氧源大气压等离子体射流中活性物质,进而解释大肠杆菌微生物灭活机理,认为NO-γ、OI、·OH等活性物质在表面大肠杆菌灭活过程中起到了重要作用.这将为大气压氮氧等离子体射流在环境卫生、微生物灭活等方面的应用研究提供实验基础和技术支持.     

Elastic anharmonicity of InP: Its relationship to the high pressure transition

Ultrasonic wave transit times have been measured in n-type InP at room temperature using hydrostatic pressures up to 4 kbar. Linear pressure dependences are found for the elastic stiffness moduli implying that at the high pressure structural-electrical transition the shear-to-bulk modulus ratio $\text{(C}{}_{11}\text{?C}{}_{12}\text{)}\text{2B}$ has a (fractional) value which fits the modified Born criterion for stability developed by Demarest $\text{et al}$. The anharmonic force constants and some of the third order elastic constants are found to be smaller the higher the transition pressure for indium III-V compounds.     

大气压氮氧等离子体射流灭活表面大肠杆菌及其发射光谱分析研究

研究了氮氧源大气压等离子体射流对表面大肠杆菌灭活作用,分析了氮氧源大气压等离子体射流的光谱性质。结果表明,在放电电压为6.8kV,气体流速为4L?min?1,处理3min时,氮氧比为1:4的大气压等离子体射流对大肠杆菌的灭活率达到98.4%,接近氧气源大气压等离子体射流灭菌效果。通过大气压等离子体射流发射光谱(OES)分析了氮氧源大气压等离子体射流中活性物质,进而解释大肠杆菌微生物灭活机理,认为NO?γ、OI、?OH等活性物质在表面大肠杆菌灭活过程中起到了重要作用。这将为大气压氮氧等离子体射流在环境卫生、微生物灭活等方面的应用研究提供实验基础和技术支持。     

Raman studies of the high pressure effects in high Tc superconductors

Abstract

The effect of a hydrostatic pressure (up to 6GPa) on the Raman spectra of YBa₂Cu₃O_x(x = 6.5 and overdoped) single crystals is investigated in the temperature range 77-300 K in connection with all available data in the literature for the other oxygen concentrations. All five strong modes (4A_g+1B_1g) are examined for both oxygen doping and compared with previously published results. From the systematic investigation of the phonon spectral characteristics with the application of pressure, the formation or disappearance of the phases is examined. The results provide a spectroscopic support for the changes induced by the hydrostatic pressure on the chain ordering and the corresponding phases.     

基于拉曼频移的白宝石压腔无压标系统高温高压实验标定

在高压实验科学中, 各类宝石压腔是最为常见的高压设备之一, 其样品腔中压力的精确标定是实验的关键. 目前, 人们主要通过加入红宝石等压标物质来进行定压, 但压标物质的加入会增加实验的装样难度, 改变样品腔中的物理化学环境, 甚至直接与实验样品发生反应, 从而对实验结果产生影响. 在0–6.3 GPa和300–573 K下, 利用共聚焦拉曼显微镜, 根据白宝石压砧砧面的ν₁₂ 拉曼频移与温度和压力的变化关系, 建立了一套适用于高温高压水热体系的无压标白宝石压腔系统. 实验结果表明: 白宝石砧面的ν₁₂ 峰随着压力的升高发生线性蓝移, 而随着温度升高则发生线性红移, 且温度和压力对拉曼频移的影响存在耦合效应. 利用本实验结果, 可在高温高压下根据白宝石砧面的拉曼频移计算出样品腔的压力P=(Δλ-0.01913×ΔT)/(1.9158-0.00105×ΔT), 在物理学、材料学和地球科学等领域具有重要应用.     

Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on to life of the tiny animal tardigrade

Terrestrial tardigrade is known to show very strong anti-environmental character at a dehydrated state called “tun” state. It was reported to be alive after exposed to the hydrostatic pressure of 0.6 GPa, which was almost twice higher than the limit for most bacteria and multi-organisms. However, the limit of the hydrostatic pressure above which tardigrades cannot survive is unknown. We performed an experiment to put tardigrades into high hydrostatic pressure of 7.5 GPa, more than 10-times higher than investigated so far, and convinced that they can survive after exposure to 7.5 GPa for up to 12 h.     

Combination of high pressure with nisin or lysozyme to further process mechanically recovered poultry meat

Abstract

The combined effect of high pressure processing (HPP) and nisin or lysozyme on aerobic mesophile and psychrotrophe populations of mechanically recovered poultry meat (MRPM) was evaluated. Nisin (0, 12.5, 100 and 200ppm) or lysozyme (0 and 150ppm) were added to MRPM, and vacuum-packaged samples were treated at 350 and 450 MPa for 5 and 15min at 20°C. In mesophiles, reductions above 4 log CFU/g were found in some samples. Psychrotrophes proved more sensitive; in MRPM containing 200 ppm of nisin treated at 450 MPa for 15min, no growth was detected (a lethality of more than 8 log units). There was no synergistic effect between HPP and lysozyme. In contrast, combination of HPP and nisin is a promising nonthermal preservation treatment.     

Volume changes of castor oil during its transformation to the high pressure phase

Abstract

Time dependencies p(t)_V,T, nd V(t),_P,T, at room temperature as castor oil phase transition indicators were investigated. The time after which the transition takes place, within the pressure range from 0.36 up to 1.05 GPa, strongly depends on pressure. Its minimum, at about 0.6 GPa is equal to 15 hours. Under the same conditions of experiment the largest change in volume (about ?2%) was detected. The relative changes of volume on pressure for the normal state of castor oil and for its new high pressure state have been found to be approximately the same. A large hysteresis of volume changes after the phase transition has also been observed.     

Nucleophilic substitution of pentachloronitrobenzene with secondary amines under high pressure

Abstract

Nucleophilic substitution of pentachloronitrobenzene with morpholine, pyrrolidine, and diethylamine under high pressure of 0.10 to 0.78 GPa gave nitro group-substitution product and chlorine substitution products of ortho-mono-, para-mono-, ortho-ortho-di-, ortho-para-di-, ortho-ortho-para-trisubstitution products depending upon the amount of amine and pressure. Reactivity of amines was determined to be in the order of pyrrolidine > morpholine > diethylamine. Disubstitution and trisubstitution reactions to give diamino and triamino nitrobenzene were found to become slow by the introduction of electron-donating amino group.     

布里奇曼对高压物理学的研究

简述了布里奇曼的生平,回顾了他在高压实验技术和高压物理学领域中的贡献,强调了他在研究中善于抓住机遇,自己动手,作风严谨的风格.     

Application of X-ray radiography to study the segregation process of iron from silicate under high pressure and high temperature

X-ray radiography was applied to observe the segregation process of iron from silicate at high pressure and high temperature in mixtures containing light elements. As the temperature of the hydrogen-containing sample increases, the molten iron becomes coherent. Small droplets of iron sink to the bottom of the chamber, where they merge into a single, large droplet. The small iron droplets exhibit complex motion, moving in random directions. Markedly different behavior is found in the sulfur-containing sample, where no clear motion of the molten iron is observed. Instead, as the sample temperature is increased, the concentration of iron near the wall of the sample chamber gradually increases. These observations demonstrate that the behavior of molten iron changes according to the dissolved elements. This X-ray radiography experiment represents a powerful technique to study the segregation process of molten iron from solid or partially molten silicate, particularly when combined with high-resolution tomography techniques.