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Influence of different pH values and inoculation time on the growth and malolactic activity of a strain of Oenococcus oeni

Influence of different pH values and inoculation time on the growth and malolactic activity of a... The present study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of medium pH and inoculation time on the growth and malolactic activity of an Oenococcus oeni culture. Samples of a commercial white grape juice adjusted to pH 3.2, 3.4 or 3.6, and inoculated with Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain CY3079, were inoculated with a malolactic culture (Oenococcus oeni strain 31) at the beginning, middle, and end of alcoholic fermentation. The results obtained from this single case study show that it is possible to inoculate the bacterial culture at the three different times during alcoholic fermentation without slowing down or stopping alcoholic fermentation or causing failure of MLF. However, pH and timing of bacterial inoculation were critical to how rapidly MLF starts. At pH 3.2 a lowering of bacterial viability was observed, but a more important reduction was recorded at all tested pH levels when the bacteria were inoculated halfway through alcoholic fermentation. When inoculation was carried out at the end of alcoholic fermentation, the presence of yeast seemed to favour bacterial viability and activity and bacteria performed MLF even in difficult conditions such as pH values around 3. In all wines malolactic fermentation was accompanied by total degradation of malic and citric acids and production of L‐lactic acid, D‐lactic and acetic acids. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research Wiley

Influence of different pH values and inoculation time on the growth and malolactic activity of a strain of Oenococcus oeni

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
1322-7130
eISSN
1755-0238
DOI
10.1111/j.1755-0238.2003.tb00270.x
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Abstract

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of medium pH and inoculation time on the growth and malolactic activity of an Oenococcus oeni culture. Samples of a commercial white grape juice adjusted to pH 3.2, 3.4 or 3.6, and inoculated with Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain CY3079, were inoculated with a malolactic culture (Oenococcus oeni strain 31) at the beginning, middle, and end of alcoholic fermentation. The results obtained from this single case study show that it is possible to inoculate the bacterial culture at the three different times during alcoholic fermentation without slowing down or stopping alcoholic fermentation or causing failure of MLF. However, pH and timing of bacterial inoculation were critical to how rapidly MLF starts. At pH 3.2 a lowering of bacterial viability was observed, but a more important reduction was recorded at all tested pH levels when the bacteria were inoculated halfway through alcoholic fermentation. When inoculation was carried out at the end of alcoholic fermentation, the presence of yeast seemed to favour bacterial viability and activity and bacteria performed MLF even in difficult conditions such as pH values around 3. In all wines malolactic fermentation was accompanied by total degradation of malic and citric acids and production of L‐lactic acid, D‐lactic and acetic acids.

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Australian Journal of Grape and Wine ResearchWiley

Published: Oct 1, 2003

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