Biodiversity in Grana Padano whey cultures

Veneto Agricoltura 19/08/2006 Editoria

 

TITOLO: Use of RAPD-PCR and TTGE for the evaluation of biodiversity of whey cultures for Grana Padano cheese

RIVISTA: Letters in Applied Microbiology

NUMERO RIVISTA: n. 38, p. 400-405
Aims: This work was carried out in order to evaluate the microbial diversity of whey cultures collected from different Grana Padano cheese plants in Veneto region (North-East Italy) by means of RAPD-PCR and TTGE analysis.
Methods and Results: Lactobacillus helveticus was the dominant species among isolated thermophilic lactobacilli. RAPD-PCR with primers M13 and D8635 resulted a suitable method for typing Lact. helveticus at strain level. Thirteen different Lact. helveticus biotypes were detected in the seven whey cultures studied with one biotype present in all the whey cultures. Besides Lact. helveticus, Lact. delbrueckii subsp. lactis was the main microbial species detected by TTGE.
Conclusions: RAPD-PCR resulted very useful in studying Lact. helveticus biodiversity; furthermore TTGE analysis allowed to detect the dominant thermophilic microflora characteristic of Grana Padano cheese whey cultures.
Impact of the study: By the combined used of RAPD-PCR and TTGE it could be possible to follow the behaviour in strain or species composition of whey cultures during time.

AUTORI: C. Andrighetto, G. Marcazzan, A. Lombardi

PUBBLICATO NEL: 2004

PAGINE: 6