Associative Growth Studies in Three-Strain Mixtures of Lactic Streptococci1

AUTOR(ES)

Reddy, M. S.

RESUMO

A recently developed differential agar medium was used to study associative growth patterns in 17 different heterologous, three-strain mixtures of Streptococcus lactis, S. cremoris, and S. diacetilactis grown in milk. Mixtures were made by combining equal volumes of 18-hr milk cultures of the three species. Relative populations of component species were followed through three successive transfers in milk after the initial mixed propagation. Direct evidence for strain dominance and compatibility was obtained. A procedure also was developed to estimate the extent of suppression of S. lactis and S. diacetilactis in a mixture containing a dominant S. cremoris strain. The technique described could be successfully applied in quality-control work in the dairy-starter manufacturing industry.

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