The role of the surface smear microbiome in the development of defective smear on surface-ripened red-smear cheese
The complex smear microbiota colonizing the surface of Glass Ornament red-smear cheese fundamentally impacts the ripening process, appearance and shelf life of cheese.To decipher the prokaryotic composition of the cheese smear microbiome, the surface of a semi-hard surface ripened cheese was studied post-ripening by culture-based and culture-indepe