Greek functional Feta cheese: Enhancing quality and safety using a Lactobacillus plantarum strain with probiotic potential. 2018

Olga S Papadopoulou, and Anthoula A Argyri, and Evangelos E Varzakis, and Chrysoula C Tassou, and Nikos G Chorianopoulos
Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products, Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER, 1 Sof. Venizelou Str, Lykovrisi, Athens, 14123, Greece.

The aim of the study was to investigate the performance of Lactobacillus plantarum T571 with probiotic potential as a co-starter culture in Feta cheese production and in its long-term storage. For this reason, Feta cheese was manufactured without (control) or with the probiotic T571 strain (probiotic) and then monitored during storage at 4 and 12 °C, respectively. The products were also inoculated with Listeria monocytogenes (3-strain cocktail). The results showed that lactic acid bacteria exceeded 6 log CFU/g during storage in all trials. The probiotic samples displayed higher acidity (≈1.5% lactic acid) and lower pH (≈4.2). Coliforms and L. monocytogenes, were inactivated in shorter time in probiotic samples, in comparison with the control ones. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis verified the presence of the probiotic strain in the cheese, until the end of storage at both temperatures, whilst the survival and distribution of the pathogenic strains depended on the trial. The sensory evaluation showed that the probiotic cheeses had desirable sensory characteristics similar to the control ones, with scores of ca. 8 on a 10 cm-scale. Finally, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was applied for the first time during Feta cheese storage with promising results for the rapid estimation of the microbiological counts and sensory status of cheese. Results showed that Lb. plantarum T571 highlighted desirable and robust technological properties and may be used in cheese making as an adjunct culture.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008089 Listeria monocytogenes A species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria widely distributed in nature. It has been isolated from sewage, soil, silage, and from feces of healthy animals and man. Infection with this bacterium leads to encephalitis, meningitis, endocarditis, and abortion.
D002611 Cheese A nutritious food consisting primarily of the curd or the semisolid substance formed when milk coagulates. Cheeses
D005511 Food Handling Any aspect of the operations in the preparation, processing, transport, storage, packaging, wrapping, exposure for sale, service, or delivery of food. Food Processing,Handling, Food,Processing, Food
D005516 Food Microbiology The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in food and food products. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms: the presence of various non-pathogenic bacteria and fungi in cheeses and wines, for example, is included in this concept. Microbiology, Food
D006115 Greece A country in southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey. The capital is Athens. Crete,Macedonia (Greece)
D006863 Hydrogen-Ion Concentration The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH pH,Concentration, Hydrogen-Ion,Concentrations, Hydrogen-Ion,Hydrogen Ion Concentration,Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations
D001419 Bacteria One of the three domains of life (the others being Eukarya and ARCHAEA), also called Eubacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms which generally possess rigid cell walls, multiply by cell division, and exhibit three principal forms: round or coccal, rodlike or bacillary, and spiral or spirochetal. Bacteria can be classified by their response to OXYGEN: aerobic, anaerobic, or facultatively anaerobic; by the mode by which they obtain their energy: chemotrophy (via chemical reaction) or PHOTOTROPHY (via light reaction); for chemotrophs by their source of chemical energy: CHEMOLITHOTROPHY (from inorganic compounds) or chemoorganotrophy (from organic compounds); and by their source for CARBON; NITROGEN; etc.; HETEROTROPHY (from organic sources) or AUTOTROPHY (from CARBON DIOXIDE). They can also be classified by whether or not they stain (based on the structure of their CELL WALLS) with CRYSTAL VIOLET dye: gram-negative or gram-positive. Eubacteria
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures
D015169 Colony Count, Microbial Enumeration by direct count of viable, isolated bacterial, archaeal, or fungal CELLS or SPORES capable of growth on solid CULTURE MEDIA. The method is used routinely by environmental microbiologists for quantifying organisms in AIR; FOOD; and WATER; by clinicians for measuring patients' microbial load; and in antimicrobial drug testing. Agar Dilution Count,Colony-Forming Units Assay, Microbial,Fungal Count,Pour Plate Count,Spore Count,Spread Plate Count,Streak Plate Count,Colony Forming Units Assay, Microbial,Colony Forming Units Assays, Microbial,Agar Dilution Counts,Colony Counts, Microbial,Count, Agar Dilution,Count, Fungal,Count, Microbial Colony,Count, Pour Plate,Count, Spore,Count, Spread Plate,Count, Streak Plate,Counts, Agar Dilution,Counts, Fungal,Counts, Microbial Colony,Counts, Pour Plate,Counts, Spore,Counts, Spread Plate,Counts, Streak Plate,Dilution Count, Agar,Dilution Counts, Agar,Fungal Counts,Microbial Colony Count,Microbial Colony Counts,Pour Plate Counts,Spore Counts,Spread Plate Counts,Streak Plate Counts
D048191 Lactobacillus plantarum A species of rod-shaped, LACTIC ACID bacteria used in PROBIOTICS and SILAGE production.

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