title: Outgrowth inhibition of Clostridium beijerinckii spores by a bacteriocin-producing lactic culture in ovine milk cheese.
abstract: In the manufacture of model cheeses, ovine milk was deliberately contaminated with spores of Clostridium beijerinckii INIA 63, a wild isolate from Manchego cheese with late blowing defect, and inoculated with nisin- and lacticin 481-producing Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis INIA 415 as starter, to test its potential to prevent the late blowing defect, or with L. lactis subsp. lactis INIA 415-2, a spontaneous mutant not producing bacteriocins. Cheeses made individually with the lactococcal strains, without clostridial spores, served as controls. Cheese made with clostridial spores and L. lactis subsp. lactis INIA 415-2 showed late blowing defect after 120days of ripening. Spoilt cheese also showed lower concentrations of lactic acid, and higher levels of acetic, propionic and butyric acids, and of other volatile compounds such as 2-propanol and 1-butanol, than control cheese. In addition, cheese made with the bacteriocin producer did not show any late blowing symptoms, despite its spore counts similar to those of blown cheese, pointing to outgrowth inhibition of C. beijerinckii spores by bacteriocins. Besides, cheese made with the bacteriocin producer showed similar concentrations of lactic acid and volatile compounds than control cheese. Inclusion of L. lactis subsp. lactis INIA 415 in starter cultures seems a feasible method to prevent late blowing defect in cheese without altering its sensory characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Madrid, Spain. sgarde@inia.es
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garde
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaya
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nuñez
mesh_terms: D020001:1-Butanol; D019840:2-Propanol; D000818:Animals; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology*; D003013:Clostridium / Q000187:drug effects; D046970:Clostridium beijerinckii / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D009561:Nisin; D012756:Sheep; D034561:Sheep, Domestic; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001430:Bacteriocins; C082508:lacticin 481; D009561:Nisin; D020001:1-Butanol; C102526:nisin A; D019840:2-Propanol