Pigment producing yeasts involved in the brown surface discoloration of ewes' cheese

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Carreira, A ^a   Paloma, L ^b   Loureiro, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brown discoloration; Cheese; Pigments; Yarrowia lipolytica; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; PIGMENT; RESORCINOL; TYROSINE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FOOD SPOILAGE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; YEAST;

ALKALIES; ANIMALS; CHEESE; IONS; METALS; MILK; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RESORCINOLS; SHEEP; TYROSINE; YEASTS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA CATENULATA; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 0032537536     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(98)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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