Drying Lactobacillus bulgaricus

Lee, J.S., Cha, D.S., and Park, H.J. (2004). Survival of freeze-dried Lactobacillus bulgaricus KFRI 673 in chitosan-coated calcium alginate microparticles. J. Agric. Food Chem. 52, 7300-7305. 

Fonseca, R, Passot, S., Cunin, O., Marin, M. (2004). Collapse temperature of freeze-dried Lactobacillus bulgaricus suspensions and protective media. Biotechrwlogy Progress, 20(1), 229-238. 

Castro, H.R, Teixeira, R.M., and Kirby, R. Evidence of membrane damage in Lactobacillus bulgaricus following freeze drying, /. Appl. Microbiol., 82, 87, 1997. 

Drying of Lactobacillus bulgaricus Grown at High Osmolarity in the Presence of Disaccharides... 

Teixeira, R, Castro, H., and Kirby, R. Spray drying as a method for preparing concentrated cultures of Lactobacillus bulgaricus,. Appl Bacteriol, 78,456,1995. 

On the market there are preparations containing mixtures of dried bacteria used in diarrhoea and for normalisation of the bacterial flora (after oral antibiotic therapy). An example is the following mixture Streptococcus faecium, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Lactobacillus bulgaricus. 

P.C. Teixeira, M.H. Castro, and R.M. Kirby, Death kinetics of Lactobacillus bulgaricus in a spray drying process. Journal of Food Protection, 57(8), 934—936 (1995). 

Tymczyszyn, E. E., Diaz, R., Pataro, A., Sandonato, N., Gomez-Zavaglia, A., Disalvo, E. A. (2008). Critical water activity for the preservation of Lactobacillus bulgaricus by vacuum drying. Interruitional Journal of Food Microbiology, 128(2), 342-347. 

Yogurt—This product can be manufactured from fresh whole milk, lowfat milk, or skim milk. In the United States, yogurt usually is made from a mixture of fresh, partially skimmed milk and nonfat dry milk and fermentation is generally accomplished by a one-to-one mixed culture of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, in a symbiotic relationship, with each microorganism metabolizing milk products which are subsequently used by the other. 

Teixeira, P. C., Castro, M. H., Malcata, F. X., Kirby, R. M. (1995). Survival of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus following spray-drying. Journal of Dairy Science, 78(5), 1025-1031. 

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