Table 3.

Population dynamics of cheese surface consortia by TTGE¹

Bacterial species detected with TTGE			Band designation2		Consortium F (ripening day)							Consortium M (ripening day)							OMK 704 (ripening day)
					1	7	14	21	37	81		1	7	14	21	37	81		1	7	14	21	37	81
Ag. Casei			x						+	d.						+	d.
Al. kapii			y		d.		+	d.	d.			d.		+	d.	d.							+
Br. paraconglomeratum			m									d.					+
Brachybacterium sp., or A. arilaitensis			l		d.	d.	+	d.	d.	d.							+				+	d.	d.	d.
Br. tyrofermentans			k		d.			+	d.	d.							+							+
B. linens			a, e, g, h, i, n, o		d.	d.	+	d.	d.	d.		d.	d.	+	d.	d.	d.			+	d.	d.	d.	d.
C. casei			h, j, v		d.	d.	+	d.	d.	d.		d.	d.	+	d.	d.	d.
C. variabile			b, c		d.	d.		+	d.	d.		d.	d.	+	d.	d.	d.		d.	+	d.	d.	d.	d.
E. malodoratus			r				+	d.
Lc. lactis			w (without z')		d.	d.						d.	d.						d.	d.
M. psychrotolerans			w and z'				+	d.															+
Mc. gubbeenense			d		d.			+	d.	d.						+	d.
St. equorum, St. epidermidis, or F. tabacinasalis			q		d.	+	d.	d.	d.	d.		d.	+	d.	d.	d.	d.				+	d.	d.
St. equorum			q and t		d.	+	d.	d.				d.	+	d.	d.						+	d.
St. vitulinus			p		d.	+	d.	d.													+	d.	d.
uncultured bacterium from marine sediment			f		d.	d.		+	d.			d.	d.			+	d.							+

¹ The letter (d.) indicates sampling times where a given species was detected in the TTGE gel. The symbol (+) indicates growth of a species in the smear. Growth was assumed in two cases, i.e. when a band was detected at a sampling time, while absent from the previous sampling time, or when the intensity of the detected band increased, compared to the previous sampling time (valid only at day 7 and 14, i.e. for a 1 log-increase of the total cell count).

²The same letter code as for band designation in Figure 3 was used.