Factors Involved in the Inhibition of Growth of Salmonella enteritidis in Liquid Egg White

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This study was designed to investigate the growth potential of Salmonella enteritidis in liquid egg white at 30°C and to examine the mechanism of egg white resistance to Salmonella growth. We observed a low and variable growth in whole egg white: Salmonella cell counts rose by 2 log units during the 4 to 6 days of incubation. Treatments to render the egg white components more homogeneous and to facilitate the circulation of nutrients had no effect on the low and variable growth of Salmonella cells. To investigate whether a lack of nutrients or the presence of inhibitory factors could explain this low growth, the growth of various strains at 30°C in egg white filtrate (egg white without protein) was examined. Growth was fast and comparable with growth observed in optimum medium (tryptic soy broth). The addition of 10% egg white to the filtrate decreased the growth of Salmonella enteritidis to the same level observed in egg white, leading us to conclude that inhibitory factors, probably proteins, inhibit th...

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