Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

An Acid-tolerant and Non-sporulating Yeast from Passion Fruit Juice

Abstract

DURING the course of studies in the preservation of passion fruit juice (Passiflora edulis, Sims.)1,2, a survey of literature revealed little published information on the nature of spoilage organisms present in the juice.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

USD 39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Pruthi, J. S., Ph.D. thesis (1955), Pb. Univ., Solan, India ; Food Science, 8, 396 (1959).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Pruthi, J. S., et al., J. Sci. Indust. Res., 17, C (8), 129 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Pruthi, J. S., and Lal, G., J. Sci. Food Agric., 10, (3), 188 (1959).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Lodder, J., and Kregar-van Rij, N. J. W., “The Yeasts—a Taxonomic Study” (Interscience Pub., New York, 1952).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Wickerham, L. J., “The Taxonomy of Yeasts”, Tech. Bull. No. 1029, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. (1951).

  6. Pruthi, J. S., et al., Curr. Sci. (in the press).

  7. Walt, J. P. v. d., and Tscheuschner, J. T., “Antonie van Leeuwenhoek”, 22, 162 (1956).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

RAO, B., PRUTHI, J. An Acid-tolerant and Non-sporulating Yeast from Passion Fruit Juice. Nature 187, 342 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187342a0

Download citation

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/187342a0

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing