The microbial population of Traditional Mountain (TM) cheese was investigated and characterized for the selection of cocci suitable for developing new starter cultures. Samples of milk, curd and cheese at different ripening times were enumerated in selective culture media and 640 colonies were isolated from curd and cheese after 24 h of ripening. The Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) isolated from M17 were clustered into 231 biotypes by RAPD-PCR analysis and identified as Lactococcus lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus and Enterococcus faecalis. Forty percent of enterococci showed the in vitro ability to inhibit raw milk resident coliforms, but they were excluded as possible starters due to the presence of associated risk factors. All lactococci and streptococci were tested for their technological properties; 4 Lc. lactis subsp. lactis and 2 Sc. thermophilus which were fast acidifiers and did not produce unpleasant flavours were subjected to the freeze-drying stability test. Lc. lactis subsp. lactis biotype 68 and Sc. thermophilus biotype 93 showed the best technological properties and may be appropriate for cheese production. This work gave evidence of the high biodiversity of TM-cheese autochthonous biotypes which could be used as starter cultures for the improvement of TM-cheese technology

Carafa, I.; Clementi, F.; Tuohy, K.M.; Franciosi, E. (2016). Microbial evolution of Traditional Mountain cheese and characterization of early fermentation cocci for selection of autochtonous dairy starter strains. FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 53 (Part B): 94-103. doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2015.09.001 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/27520

Microbial evolution of Traditional Mountain cheese and characterization of early fermentation cocci for selection of autochtonous dairy starter strains

Carafa, Ilaria;Tuohy, Kieran Michael;Franciosi, Elena
2016-01-01

Abstract

The microbial population of Traditional Mountain (TM) cheese was investigated and characterized for the selection of cocci suitable for developing new starter cultures. Samples of milk, curd and cheese at different ripening times were enumerated in selective culture media and 640 colonies were isolated from curd and cheese after 24 h of ripening. The Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) isolated from M17 were clustered into 231 biotypes by RAPD-PCR analysis and identified as Lactococcus lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus and Enterococcus faecalis. Forty percent of enterococci showed the in vitro ability to inhibit raw milk resident coliforms, but they were excluded as possible starters due to the presence of associated risk factors. All lactococci and streptococci were tested for their technological properties; 4 Lc. lactis subsp. lactis and 2 Sc. thermophilus which were fast acidifiers and did not produce unpleasant flavours were subjected to the freeze-drying stability test. Lc. lactis subsp. lactis biotype 68 and Sc. thermophilus biotype 93 showed the best technological properties and may be appropriate for cheese production. This work gave evidence of the high biodiversity of TM-cheese autochthonous biotypes which could be used as starter cultures for the improvement of TM-cheese technology
Lactic acid bacteria
Mountain cheese
Starter selection
RAPD-PCR
Flavours notes production
Settore CHIM/10 - CHIMICA DEGLI ALIMENTI
2016
Carafa, I.; Clementi, F.; Tuohy, K.M.; Franciosi, E. (2016). Microbial evolution of Traditional Mountain cheese and characterization of early fermentation cocci for selection of autochtonous dairy starter strains. FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 53 (Part B): 94-103. doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2015.09.001 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/27520
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