Multiple choice

Which of the following microbes is used to produce cheese?

Fermentation defines incomplete oxidation produced by microorganisms acting on compounds for which the most part are carbohydrate or carbohydrate-like in nature. A variety of products are produced many of which have great industrial importance. In dairy industry fermented milks are produced by inoculating pasteurized milk with known culture of microorganisms known as starter culture.

  1. Chondrus sp

  2. Streptococcus lactis

  3. Streptococcus thermophilus

  4. Lactobacillus bulgaris

  5. Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Explanation

Lactobacillus bulgaris is used to produce cheese. The pasteurized milk inoculation with Lactobacilli is followed by curdling, draining of curd  and  pressing in desired shapes, slat addition, ripening.