Assessment of the rind microbial diversity in a farmhouse-produced vs a pasteurized industrially produced soft red-smear cheese using both cultivation and rDNA-based methods
Open Access
- 18 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 97 (3), 546-556
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02333.x
Abstract
Aims: The diversity of the surface flora of two French red-smear soft cheeses was examined by cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent methods to assess their composition and to evaluate the accuracy of both approaches. Methods and Results: Culture-independent methods used involved 16S ribosomal DNA gene cloning and sequencing and single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis (SSCP). The culture-dependent method used involved direct culture and macroscopic observation, polymerase chain reaction of the 16S rRNA gene from DNA extracted from single colonies followed by complete sequencing of the gene. Only few species were recovered by both approaches either in the pasteurized and the farmer cheese. A large diversity of isolates or 16S rDNA sequences related to marine bacteria was identified at the surface of both cheeses. Conclusions: The results indicated that all three techniques were informative and complementary to allow a more accurate representativeness of the cheese surface biodiversity. Significance and Impact of the Study: Cultivation and molecular methods have to be combined in order to obtain an extended view of the bacterial populations of complex ecosystems.Keywords
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