Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2012 The effect of frozen storage on the survival of probiotic microorganisms found in traditional and commercial kefir Keely Virginia O'Brien Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. THE EFFECT OF FROZEN STORAGE ON THE SURVIVAL OF PROBIOTIC MICROORGANISMS FOUND IN TRADITIONAL AND COMMERCIAL KEFIR A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Animal, Dairy and Poultry Sciences In The Department of Animal Sciences By Keely Virginia O’Brien B.S., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga 2007 May, 2012 1 DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to my friends and family (especially the kefir makers, you know who you are….) and to fermentation enthusiasts everywhere! ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my family for their unwavering love and support. Thanks are also owed to Dr.