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Changes in the microflora of La Serena ewes' milk cheese during ripening

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Buensuceso Fernandez Del Pozo ,
Pilar Gaya ,
Margarita Medina ,
M. Asunción Rodríguez-Marín  and
Manuel Nuñez
Buensuceso Fernandez Del Pozo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica y Microbiología, INIA, Apartado 8111, Madrid 28080, Spain
Pilar Gaya
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica y Microbiología, INIA, Apartado 8111, Madrid 28080, Spain
Margarita Medina
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica y Microbiología, INIA, Apartado 8111, Madrid 28080, Spain
M. Asunción Rodríguez-Marín
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica y Microbiología, INIA, Apartado 8111, Madrid 28080, Spain
Manuel Nuñez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica y Microbiología, INIA, Apartado 8111, Madrid 28080, Spain
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Summary

The microflora of ten batches of La Serena cheese, made from raw milk of Merino ewes and using vegetable rennet as coagulant, was monitored throughout a 60 d ripening period. After 15 d, lactic acid bacteria predominated in the interior of the cheese, whilst lactic acid bacteria and lactic acid-utilizing species of yeasts and moulds predominated on the cheese surface. Coagulase-positive staphylococci were not detected in the interior or on the surface of any of the cheeses after 45 d and faecal coliforms were not found after 60 d. Higher death rates of staphylococci and coliforms were recorded for cheese made in spring than for the cheese made in winter.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , August 1988 , pp. 449 - 455
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1988

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