Abstract
During cheese making, interactions between different strains of lactic acid bacteria play an important role. However, few methods are available to specifically determine each bacterial population in mixed cultures, in particular for strains of the same species. The aim of this study was to develop a real-time PCR quantification method to monitor the population of Lactococcus cremoris ATCC 19257 in mixed culture with Lactobacillus rhamnosus RW-9595M and the bacteriocin-producing microorganism Lc. diacetylactis UL719. The specificity of the two primers 68FCa33 and 16SR308 used to amplify a 240-bp fragment of DNA from Lc. cremoris was demonstrated by conventional PCR. Using these primers for real-time PCR, the detection limit was 2 cfu/reaction or 200 cfu of Lc. cremoris ATCC 19257 per millilitre of mixed culture in milk. In pure culture batch fermentation, good correlation was obtained between real-time PCR and the conventional plating method for monitoring Lc. cremoris growth. In mixed culture batch fermentation, Lb. rhamnosus and Lc. cremoris decreased due to nisin Z production by Lc. diacetylactis. The decrease of the Lc. cremoris cell population detected by real-time PCR was not possible to observe by the plate count method in the presence of a Lc. diacetylactis population that was 1 log higher.
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The authors wish to thank the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Research Partnerships Program—Research Network on Lactic Acid Bacteria), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Novalait, Inc., Dairy Farmers of Canada and Institut Rosell, Inc. for financial support.
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Grattepanche, F., Lacroix, C., Audet, P. et al. Quantification by real-time PCR of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris in milk fermented by a mixed culture. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 66, 414–421 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-004-1705-4
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