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Ectoine as a natural component of food: detection in red smear cheeses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2007

Julia Klein ,
Thomas Schwarz  and
Georg Lentzen
Julia Klein
Affiliation:
bitop AG, Stockumer Strasse 28, 58453 Witten, Germany
Thomas Schwarz
Affiliation:
bitop AG, Stockumer Strasse 28, 58453 Witten, Germany
Georg Lentzen*
Affiliation:
bitop AG, Stockumer Strasse 28, 58453 Witten, Germany
*
*For correspondence; e-mail: lentzen@bitop.de
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Abstract

Ectoine is a compatible solute accumulated in halophilic bacteria in response to high salt concentrations and offers protection from osmotic stress. The occurrence of compatible solutes is widespread among bacteria, yet ectoine has never been detected in foods. The use of an ectoine producing microorganism (Brevibacterium linens) in the surface ripening of red smear cheeses led to the question whether ectoine can be found in cheese. Therefore we examined samples from a variety of cheese manufacturers and different types of red smear cheeses for the presence of ectoine using HPLC and HPLC/MS analysis. Ectoine solely appears in the rind and was detected up to 178 mg/200 g red smear cheese, depending on several factors like ripening status and conditions throughout the cheese production process (e.g. salt concentrations of used brine baths).

Keywords

EctoineBrevibacterium linensred smear cheese
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 74 , Issue 4 , November 2007 , pp. 446 - 451
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2007

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