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Isolation and identification of the microbiota of Danish farmhouse and industrially produced surface-ripened cheeses

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Gori, Klaus, Ryssel, Mia, Arneborg, Nils, Jespersen, Lene·2013·Microbial Ecology

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For studying the microbiota of four Danish surface-ripened cheeses produced at three farmhouses and one industrial dairy, both a culture-dependent and culture-independent approach were used. After dereplication of the initial set of 433 isolates by (GTG)5-PCR fingerprinting, 217 bacterial and 25 yeast isolates were identified by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene or the D1/D2 domain of the 26S rRNA gene, respectively. At the end of ripening, the cheese core microbiota of the farmhouse cheeses consisted of the mesophilic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) starter cultures Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis and Leuconostoc mesenteorides as well as non-starter LAB including different Lactobacillus spp. The cheese from the industrial dairy was almost exclusively dominated by Lb. paracasei. The surface bacterial microbiota of all four cheeses were dominated by Corynebacterium spp. and/or Brachybacterium spp. Brevibacterium spp. was found to be subdominant compared to other bacteria on the farmhouse cheeses, and no Brevibacterium spp. was found on the cheese from the industrial dairy, even though B. linens was used as surface-ripening culture. Moreover, Gram-negative bacteria identified as Alcalignes faecalis and Proteus vulgaris were found on one of the farmhouse cheeses. The surface yeast microbiota consisted primarily of one dominating species for each cheese. For the farmhouse cheeses, the dominant yeast species were Yarrowia lipolytica, Geotrichum spp. and Debaryomyces hansenii, respectively, and for the cheese from the industrial dairy, D. hansenii was the dominant yeast species. Additionally, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis revealed that Streptococcus thermophilus was present in the farmhouse raw milk cheese analysed in this study. Furthermore, DGGE bands corresponding to Vagococcus carniphilus, Psychrobacter spp. and Lb. curvatus on the cheese surfaces indicated that these bacterial species may play a role in cheese ripening.

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Authors
Gori, K., Ryssel, M., Arneborg, N., & Jespersen, L.
Affiliations
University of Copenhagen (DK)
Corresponding author
Gori, Klaus
Venue
Microbial Ecology
Published
2012-12-07
Volume
65
Issue
3
Pages
602-615
ISSN
  • 0095-3628 (ISSN-L)
  • 1432-184X
OpenAlex
W1999418421
Cited by
86
References
57
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FWCI
8.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Microbial Ecology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Advanced Scientific Research Methods
Keywords
surface-ripened cheese, cheese microbiota, farmhouse cheese, industrial cheese production, lactic acid bacteria, non-starter lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Brevibacterium linens, Corynebacterium, Brachybacterium, Debaryomyces hansenii, Yarrowia lipolytica, Streptococcus thermophilus, cheese ripening, raw milk cheese
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacteria, Cattle, Cheese, Denmark, Milk, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Yeasts, Biodiversity, Metagenome

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