230. The relation of certain lactic acid bacteria to open texture in Cheddar cheese

1939 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 326-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. R. Sherwood

“Open” cheese were shown to evolve carbon dioxide much more rapidly than did “close” cheese. From open cheese lactobacilli or betacocci capable of producing carbon dioxide relatively rapidly could be isolated. The addition of such organisms to cheese milk resulted in the development of slit openness in the cheese. The most common types causing slit openness appeared to be gas-producing lactobacilli.

1995 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. ANJAN REDDY ◽  
ELMER H. MARTH

Three different split lots of Cheddar cheese curd were prepared with added sodium chloride (NaCl) potassium chloride (KCl) or mixtures of NaCl/KCl (2:1 1:1 1:2 and 3:4 all on wt/wt basis) to achieve a final salt concentration of 1.5 or 1.75%. At intervals during ripening at 3±1°C samples were plated with All-Purpose Tween (APT) and Lactobacillus Selection (LBS) agar. Isolates were obtained of bacteria that predominated on the agar media. In the first trial (Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis plus L. lactis subsp. cremoris served as starter cultures) L. lactis subsp.lactis Lactobacillus casei and other lactobacilli were the predominant bacteria regardless of the salting treatment Received by the cheese. In the second trial (L. lactis subsp. lactis served as the starter culture) unclassified lactococci L. lactis subsp. lactis unclassified lactobacilli and L. casei predominated regardless of the salting treatment given the cheese. In the third trial (L. lactis subsp. cremoris served as the starter culture) unclassified lactococci unclassified lactobacilli L. casei and Pediococcus cerevisiae predominated regardless of the salting treatment applied to the cheese Thus use of KCl to replace some of the NaCl for salting cheese had no detectable effect on the kinds of lactic acid bacteria that developed in ripening Cheddar cheese.


Foods ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Nongonierma ◽  
Magdalena Abrlova ◽  
Kieran Kilcawley

1957 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Robertson

Some of the factors influencing the concentration of carbon dioxide found in New Zealand Cheddar cheese have been investigated.1. Cheeses made with the use of commercial starters (containing betacocci) are characterized by a rapid increase in their carbon dioxide content during the 2 weeks following manufacture.2. Cheeses made with the use of single strain starters do not change in carbon dioxide content in the first 2 weeks following manufacture, but may ultimately contain as much carbon dioxide as commercial starter cheeses.3. High concentrations of carbon dioxide within a cheese result in an open texture, especially when the carbon dioxide is formed shortly after manufacture.4. The loss of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere is demonstrated by the existence of a carbon dioxide concentration gradient within the cheese.5. Storage of cheese at a lower temperature than is usual results in retarded carbon dioxide formation.


1993 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 689-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. GREER ◽  
B. D. DILTS ◽  
L. E. JEREMIAH

The effects of prolonged, anoxic storage, under CO2 at −1.5°C, upon the bacteriology and case life of pork on its subsequent transfer to the aerobic conditions of simulated retail display at 8°C was examined. Brochothrix thermosphacta, lactic acid bacteria, enterics, and pseudomonads were enumerated. Panel scores for odor and appearance acceptability were used to quantify retail case life. Lactic acid bacteria were the only bacteria found during loin storage in CO2 for up to 24 weeks. Those organisms reached maximum number of 107 CFU/cm2 within 9 weeks. The number of lactic acid bacteria initially found on the freshly cut surfaces of loin chops increased linearly during the first 9 weeks of loin storage in CO2. Thereafter, they continued to grow on the chops and dominated the spoilage flora during retail display. The pseudomonads grew rapidly and emerged as the next most numerous organism, while B. thermosphacta and enterics showed only limited aerobic growth. The acceptability of pork chop appearance and odor was adversely affected by loin storage time. Each 6-week interval of loin storage produced a 1 d reduction in case life. Should controlled atmospheres be a practicable means of meat distribution to the retail marketplace, efforts will be necessary to assure a maximum case life after their removal from preservative packagings.


2006 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 1452-1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Agarwal ◽  
K. Sharma ◽  
B.G. Swanson ◽  
G.Ü. Yüksel ◽  
S. Clark

1935 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gilbert Davis

1. The lactic acid flora of Cheddar cheese made from milk of certified quality form a well-defined, physiologically homogeneous group of bacteria, growing best over a temperature range of from 22 to 37° C. They may be classified into four well-defined types, Str. lactis, Str. cremoris, Sbm. plantarum and Sbm. casei, and have been studied over a period of five years. It appears from the evidence found that Str. lactis and Str. cremoris are distinct species, but that Sbm. casei and Sbm. plantarum represent different stages in the adaptation of a common progenitor to conditions in a ripening cheese. Both the streptococci and the streptobacteria appear to be unable to oxidise sugars and may thus be considered indifferent to molecular oxygen.2. A study of their frequency distribution from the curd at making to an 18 months old cheese has shown that Str. lactis and Str. cremoris are equally viable during the first month, after which the rod forms begin to predominate, Sbm. plantarum and, later, Sbm. casei being found. The former lactobacillus is only found when the cheese is from 1 to 5 months old, the flora consisting entirely of Sbm. casei after this time. The general vigour of all strains decreases with increasing age of the cheese. There is a marked correlation between the shape of the cell, the viability of the organism in cheese and its resistance to acids and lactates.3. The factors controlling the sequence of flora in Cheddar cheese are discussed. There is no evidence that titratable acidity, oxygen tension and differential carbon sources are responsible for the sequence. It is suggested that lactate concentration, the extent of protein degradation and osmotic pressure are factors responsible for the gradual replacement of the streptococci by the rod forms.4. The significance of sugar fermentations by the lactic 'acid bacteria studied is discussed. The slow production of lactase is shown to be the reason for the slow growth of weakened strains in litmus milk.5. Str. cremoris predominates over Str. lactis in the depth of the cheese in the early stages of ripening, whereas near the surface the reverse holds. Certain strains of Str. cremoris isolated from the depth of the cheese were particularly vigorous in growth in litmus milk, forming gas and beginning to peptonise the milk in about 3 days. Such strains consisted of very long chains of large cells of peculiar morphology. It is suggested that this finding is related to the known greater rate of ripening in the depth of the cheese.


1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Laan ◽  
Saw Eng Tan ◽  
Paul Bruinenberg ◽  
Gaëtan Limsowtin ◽  
Malcolm Broome

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