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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2003, p. 7124-7129, Vol. 69, No. 12
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7124-7129.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Inactivation of Geobacillus stearothermophilus Spores by High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide Treatment

Taisuke Watanabe, Soichi Furukawa,* Junichi Hirata, Tetsuya Koyama, Hirokazu Ogihara, and Makari Yamasaki

Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan

Received 12 May 2003/ Accepted 22 September 2003

High-pressure CO2 treatment has been studied as a promising method for inactivating bacterial spores. In the present study, we compared this method with other sterilization techniques, including heat and pressure treatment. Spores of Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus licheniformis, and Geobacillus stearothermophilus were subjected to CO2 treatment at 30 MPa and 35°C, to high-hydrostatic-pressure treatment at 200 MPa and 65°C, or to heat treatment at 0.1 MPa and 85°C. All of the bacterial spores except the G. stearothermophilus spores were easily inactivated by the heat treatment. The highly heat- and pressure-resistant spores of G. stearothermophilus were not the most resistant to CO2 treatment. We also investigated the influence of temperature on CO2 inactivation of G. stearothermophilus. Treatment with CO2 and 30 MPa of pressure at 95°C for 120 min resulted in 5-log-order spore inactivation, whereas heat treatment at 95°C for 120 min and high-hydrostatic-pressure treatment at 30 MPa and 95°C for 120 min had little effect. The activation energy required for CO2 treatment of G. stearothermophilus spores was lower than the activation energy for heat or pressure treatment. Although heat was not necessary for inactivationby CO2 treatment of G. stearothermophilus spores, CO2 treatment at 95°C was more effective than treatment at 95°C alone.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866, Kameino, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan. Phone: 81-0466-84-3973. Fax: 81-0466-84-3973. E-mail: furukawa{at}brs.nihon-u.ac.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2003, p. 7124-7129, Vol. 69, No. 12
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7124-7129.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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