[Grammar] What is the role of 'present' in the following sentence?

[nininaz]

Hello Teachers,
I don't know in the following context,present is verb or noun .

One commonly pasteurized product is milk. By decreasing the
amount of dangerous bacteria present, milk can be made safer to consume.

Thanks.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

It is an adjective. It means,
"By decreasing the amount of dangerous bacteria that are there.."

 

[Barb_D]

Go to the third definition: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/present

 

[nininaz]

You mean : 3 : to give or bestow formally
That doesn't make sense at all .

 

[charliedeut]

No. She means:

[h=2][SUP]3[/SUP]pres·ent[/h] adjective \ˈpre-z[SUP]ə[/SUP]nt\: not past or future : existing or happening now
—used to say what someone or something is now
: at the particular place or event that is being referred to

Just scroll down the page to find that.

 

[nininaz]

If present is an adjective so You mean the sentence is something like that :
One commonly pasteurized product is milk. By decreasing the amount of dangerous bacteria that is present,milk can be made saferto consume. It also lasts longer after it’s been pasteurized ....

 

[Weaver67]

(neither a teacher nor a native English speaker)

It seems Barb meant another "3" there - the one which is an adjective.
Also, you may look it up on http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/present_1. Definition #3 again.