Tremarin, AndréiaBrandão, Teresa R. S.Silva, Cristina L. M.2017-12-192017-12-192017Tremarin, A., Brandão, T. R. S., & Silva, C. L. M. (2017). Application of ultraviolet radiation and ultrasound treatments for alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores inactivation in apple juice. Lwt-Food Science and Technology, 78, 138-1420023-6438http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/23772Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris is a spore-forming bacterium, which is responsible for quality degradation of fruit juices. Non-thermal treatments, such as ultraviolet-C radiation (UV-C) and ultrasound (US), are promising methods for microbial inactivation. The main objective was to study the influence of UV-C, ultrasound and combinations of both treatments on A. acidoterrestris spores inactivation in apple juices. A thermal treatment at 95 °C was used as control. Commercial juices artificially inoculated with the bacterium were exposed to the treatments. Results showed that ultrasound had the lowest impact on A. acidoterrestris inactivation. When UV-C radiation was applied, the number of spores decreased drastically after 8 min, being more effective than a 95 °C thermal treatment. In terms of final microbial loads, combination of US and UV-C did not result in synergetic effects. However, inactivation rates of the combined treatments were significantly different from the ones obtained when the treatments were applied individually.engUltrasound and UV-C treatmentsApple juicesA. acidoterrestrisInactivationjournal article10.1016/j.lwt.2016.12.0391096-112785007174586000394070400019