Despoina Eugenia Kiousi

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3. Results and Discussion 3.1. Beer-Spoiling Ability of Lp. plantarum KKP 3573 This study aimed to investigate the growth rate of the KKP 3573 strain in different media variants containing varying concentrations of beer and iso-α acids (IBU) (Table 3). The growth rate was monitored by measuring the increased optical density (ΔOD) of the cultures over time.