Thread: microbacterial growth in orange juice

Hi everybody,

does anyone know which bacteria start to grow in fresh fresh orange juice when it is left untouched, or does anyone know some good sources where I could find this information?

I would guess it depends on which bacteria you inoculate it with

According to this old study, Lactobacillus and Leuconostoc species are very frequently seen in orange juice.

Well, actually I have to do an experiment on which fresh orange juice is put on a breeding-soil to determine which micro-organisms will form. So it's not really like I'm going to inoculate it with something. Now I just need to form a sorth of hypothesis on which micro-organisms I will ecounter during the experiment.