Playing with bacteria....

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marilynfl

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So...if I take one of the small 4 oz Activia yogurts with Bifidus Regularis (add trademark symbol and 4,386 lawyers in absentia) bacteria (the good for Mr. Colon bacteria) and stir it into my 32 oz Stonyfield organic yogurt, will the bacteria grow and spread into the new yogurt?

Or does that process have to happen earlier at warmer temperatures?

http://www.activia.us.com/bifidus.asp

 
not if you keep it in the fridge - most bacteria thrives at body temperature, but limited cell

growth will occur at temperatures above 4degC (39.2 deg F), & continue increasing until that bacteria's optimum growth temperature conditions are reached.

are you using it as a culture, or just want to add it in?

 
I'm sorry, but I've expended my bacteriology knowology with my question...I don't

understand your last sentence about using it for a culture.

Here's what I want to do: I have a big honkin' container of yogurt in the frig. If I mix in the smaller yogurt with the BR, will the good bacteria populate throughout the new yogurt?

Would it help if I warmed up the big honkin container first and then added the smaller yogurt to give the BR a boost?

Should I just eat it as is and stop asking silly questions?

 
sorry marilyn - i meant are you using it as a culture to make a batch

of yoghurt, because you certainly could do that, as well. The bacteria would indeed multiply if you warmed it up a LITTLE - don't microwave it, as this can/will kill the little critters.

good luck!

 
Excellent...Thanks michelle. Should I warm to the temperature as if I were making yogurt

from scratch? I used to know this stuff...I used to make this stuff, but life has just gotten to where it's easier to buy it.

However, if I can populate that BR bacteria easily, I'll go for it. My intestinal system can use all the help it can get.

(Edited to add) I'm going to follow these steps (see link)...only use my existing yogurt for the milk. I like the thermos idea.

Wish me bacteria!

http://bean-sprouts.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-make-greek-yogurt.html

 
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