Lactic acid bacteria in rye sourdough from crude and peeled rye flour
2008
Kozlinskis, E., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Skudra, L., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Klava, D., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Kunkulberga, D., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia)
In Latvia the spontaneous sourdough is used in traditional rye bread baking whose microflora is determined in flour and in microorganism cultures presented in external environment. Almost all spontaneous sourdough cultures, especially those that have been maintained for a long time, contain both lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and yeasts. The main purpose of the current research was to analyze growth dynamics of LAB in spontaneous rye flour sourdough and to isolate some of its representatives. Experiments were carried out in the Department of Food Technology of the Faculty of Food Technology of Latvia University of Agriculture in January and February 2008. Considering differences in constituents, two types of flour were used in the research - peeled and crude rye flour. There were three stages of spontaneous sourdough preparation in 72 hours totally; the renewal of sourdough was realized each 24 hours. The dynamics of LAB plate count in every stage of fermentation was investigated as well as changes of pH was observed using standard methods. The results of experiments show substantial increase in amount of LAB in both sourdoughs, particularly in sourdough from peeled flour, reaching 6.06 log10 cfu mlE-1. A significant decrease of pH value from pH 6.7 to pH 3.8 during fermentation process was observed. As a result, the sourdough from peeled flour had desirable properties for preparation of sourdough starter. LAB cultures isolated and identified from current sourdoughs using API tests: Lactobacillus brevis and Lactobacillus fermentum are also typical members of sourdoughs found in other countries.
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