Modern food technology research has researched possible approaches to reducing the concentration of biogenic amines in food and thereby enhance and guarantee food safety. Applying adjunct cultures that can metabolise biogenic amines is a potential approach to reach the latter mentioned goal. Therefore, this study aims to study the crucial factors that could determine the decrease in biogenic amines concentration (histamine, tyramine, phenylethylamine, putrescine and cadaverine) in foodstuffs using Bacillus subtilis DEPE IB1 isolated from gouda-type cheese. The combined effects of cultivation temperature (8 °C, 23 °C and 30 °C) and the initial pH of the medium (5.0, 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0) under aerobic and also anaerobic conditions resulted in the decrease of the tested biogenic amines concentration during the cultivation time (another factor tested). Bacillus subtilis was cultivated (in vitro) in a medium supplemented with biogenic amines, and their degradation was detected using the high-performance liquid chromatography equipped with UV-detector. The course of biogenic amines degradation by Bacillus subtilis DEPE IB1 was significantly influenced by cultivation temperature and also the initial pH of the medium (p < 0.05). At the end of the cultivation, the concentration of all of the monitored biogenic amines was significantly reduced by 65-85% (p < 0.05). Therefore, this strain could be used for preventive purposes and contributes to food safety enhance.

Department of Bioenergy Food Technology and Microbiology Institute of Food Technology and Nutrition University of Rzeszow 4 Zelwerowicza St 35601 Rzeszow Poland

Department of Environmental Protection Engineering Faculty of Technology Tomas Bata University in Zlín Nad Ovčírnou 3685 760 01 Zlín Czech Republic

Food Quality and Safety Research Laboratory Department of Logistics Faculty of Military Leadership University of Defence Kounicova 65 662 10 Brno Czech Republic

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