Lactobacillus parabuchneri produces histamine in refrigerated cheese at a temperature-dependent rate

High histamine concentrations in food can cause histamine poisoning. In spite of the cold chain, cheeses with high concentrations of histamine are on the market. In this work, we studied whether Lactobacillus parabuchneri, the microorganism mainly responsible for histamine accumulation in cheese, is...

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Autores: Díaz, María, Río Lagar, Beatriz del, Sánchez-Llana, Esther, Ladero Losada, Víctor Manuel, Redruello, Begoña, Fernández García, María, Martín, M. Cruz, Álvarez González, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/185981
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/185981
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biogenic amines
Cheeses
Histamine
Lactobacillus parabuchneri
Refrigeration
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Sumario:High histamine concentrations in food can cause histamine poisoning. In spite of the cold chain, cheeses with high concentrations of histamine are on the market. In this work, we studied whether Lactobacillus parabuchneri, the microorganism mainly responsible for histamine accumulation in cheese, is able to grow and produce histamine at the usual temperature range of refrigerators. Further, we analysed whether refrigeration is really effective to prevent the accumulation of histamine in different types of cheeses supplemented with histidine and contaminated with L. parabuchneri. Our results showed L. parabuchneri to be able to grow and produce histamine at refrigeration temperatures. Moreover, L. parabuchneri produced toxic histamine concentrations in refrigerated cheeses from only 14 days. The results obtained in this work show that in the presence of L. parabuchneri, refrigeration delays but does not prevent the accumulation of toxic histamine levels in cheese.