Insights on the bacterial composition of Parmigiano Reggiano Natural Whey Starter by a culture-dependent and 16S rRNA metabarcoding portrait

Abstract Natural whey starters (NWS) are undefined bacterial communities produced daily from whey of the previous cheese-making round, by application of high temperature. As a result, in any dairy plant, NWS are continuously evolving, undefined mixtures of several strains and/or species of lactic ac...

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Main Authors: Laura Sola, Emanuele Quadu, Elena Bortolazzo, Loris Bertoldi, Cinzia L. Randazzo, Valentina Pizzamiglio, Lisa Solieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22207-y