Biopreservation of pineapple wine using immobilized and freeze dried microcapsules of bacteriocin producing L. plantarum.

Bacteriocin producing L. plantarum (ATCC 8014) was immobilized (MC) and freeze dried (FD) to conduct preliminary study on its potential in biopreservation of pineapple wine. Cell survival in both simulated gastric and intestinal juice was significantly better for MC and FD than free cells (FC).The antimicrobial activity and bacteriocin production of L. plantarum was detected against L. acidophilus, A. aceti, S. cerevisiae, E. coli, S. aureus and B. subtilis as indicator strains. Bacteriocin activity from MC revealed high zone of inhibition as compared to FC. In wine, bacteriocin found effective at 3.5 pH. Significant decrease of total soluble solids and sugar observed in wine treated with MC and FC. FD and MC treated wine was organolepticaly more accepted as compared to FC however, there was no significant difference in overall acceptability of pineapple wine under all treatments at P < 0.05.