Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK

A commercial blue-veined cheese made from unpasteurized milk was examined by conventional culturing and PCR Density Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analysis of the bacterial community 16S rRNA genes using three primer sets V3, V4V5, V6V8. Genomic DNA for amplification was extracted directly from raw m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yunita, Dewi, Dodd, Christine E.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Dairy Science Association 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51409/
_version_ 1848798489417351168
author Yunita, Dewi
Dodd, Christine E.R.
author_facet Yunita, Dewi
Dodd, Christine E.R.
author_sort Yunita, Dewi
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description A commercial blue-veined cheese made from unpasteurized milk was examined by conventional culturing and PCR Density Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analysis of the bacterial community 16S rRNA genes using three primer sets V3, V4V5, V6V8. Genomic DNA for amplification was extracted directly from raw milk, starter culture, cheese at different stages of production, fully ripened cheese and from the cultured cells grown on various media. The outer rind was sampled separately from the inner white core and blue veins. A diverse microbiota containing Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus curvatus, Staphylococcus gallinarum, Staphylococcus devriesei, Microbacterium sp., Sphingobacterium sp., Mycetocola sp., Brevundimonas sp., Enterococcus faecalis, Proteus sp. and Kocuria sp. was detected in the raw milk using culturing methods, but only Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Lactobacillus plantarum and Enterococcus faecalis survived into the final cheese and were detected both in the core and the rind. Using PCR Density Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analysis of the cheese process samples, Staphylococcus equorum and Enterococcus durans were found in the rind of pre-piercing samples but not in the core and veins; after piercing, these species were found in all parts of the cheese but survived only in the rind when the cheese was fully ripened. Brevibacterium sp., Halomonas sp., Acinetobacter sp., Alkalibacterium sp. and Corynebacterium casei were identified only by PCR Density Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and not cultured from the samples. Brevibacterium sp. was initially identified in the cheese post piercing (core and veins), Halomonas sp. was found in the matured cheese (rind), Acinetobacter sp., Alkalibacterium sp. and Corynebacterium casei were also in the pre-piercing samples (rind) and then found through the subsequent process stages. The work suggests that in this raw milk cheese, there is a limited community from the milk surviving into the final cheese, with salt addition and handling contributing to the final cheese consortium.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T20:20:35Z
format Article
id nottingham-51409
institution University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T20:20:35Z
publishDate 2018
publisher American Dairy Science Association
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling nottingham-514092019-03-15T04:30:21Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51409/ Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK Yunita, Dewi Dodd, Christine E.R. A commercial blue-veined cheese made from unpasteurized milk was examined by conventional culturing and PCR Density Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analysis of the bacterial community 16S rRNA genes using three primer sets V3, V4V5, V6V8. Genomic DNA for amplification was extracted directly from raw milk, starter culture, cheese at different stages of production, fully ripened cheese and from the cultured cells grown on various media. The outer rind was sampled separately from the inner white core and blue veins. A diverse microbiota containing Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus curvatus, Staphylococcus gallinarum, Staphylococcus devriesei, Microbacterium sp., Sphingobacterium sp., Mycetocola sp., Brevundimonas sp., Enterococcus faecalis, Proteus sp. and Kocuria sp. was detected in the raw milk using culturing methods, but only Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Lactobacillus plantarum and Enterococcus faecalis survived into the final cheese and were detected both in the core and the rind. Using PCR Density Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analysis of the cheese process samples, Staphylococcus equorum and Enterococcus durans were found in the rind of pre-piercing samples but not in the core and veins; after piercing, these species were found in all parts of the cheese but survived only in the rind when the cheese was fully ripened. Brevibacterium sp., Halomonas sp., Acinetobacter sp., Alkalibacterium sp. and Corynebacterium casei were identified only by PCR Density Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and not cultured from the samples. Brevibacterium sp. was initially identified in the cheese post piercing (core and veins), Halomonas sp. was found in the matured cheese (rind), Acinetobacter sp., Alkalibacterium sp. and Corynebacterium casei were also in the pre-piercing samples (rind) and then found through the subsequent process stages. The work suggests that in this raw milk cheese, there is a limited community from the milk surviving into the final cheese, with salt addition and handling contributing to the final cheese consortium. American Dairy Science Association 2018-03-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51409/1/Final%20submitted%20paper.pdf Yunita, Dewi and Dodd, Christine E.R. (2018) Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK. Journal of Dairy Science . ISSN 1525-3198 (In Press) raw milk blue-veined cheese PCR DGGE microbial diversity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030218302492 doi:10.3168/jds.2017-14104 doi:10.3168/jds.2017-14104
spellingShingle raw milk
blue-veined cheese
PCR DGGE
microbial diversity
Yunita, Dewi
Dodd, Christine E.R.
Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK
title Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK
title_full Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK
title_fullStr Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK
title_full_unstemmed Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK
title_short Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the UK
title_sort microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the uk
topic raw milk
blue-veined cheese
PCR DGGE
microbial diversity
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51409/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51409/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51409/