ESTIMATION OF LIPASE IN DAIRY PRODUCTS: III. LIPASE ACTIVITY IN CULTURES OF MICRO-ORGANISMS AND IN CHEESE

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Abstract
The lipolytic activity in skim milk cultures of micro-organisms representing a number of species and genera were studied by the extraction–titration method described in the preceding paper. No evidence was found of a bacterial lipase having an activity optimum on the acid side of neutrality. No lipase active at approximately pH 5.0 was demonstrated in 20 samples of commercial cheddar cheese of varying age or one sample of blue veined cheese on measurement by the extraction–titration method or by the Peterson et al. method. Weak lipolytic activity was found in one sample of blue veined cheese by the extraction–titration method. No lipolytic activity at pH 8.5 was demonstrated by the extraction–titration method in the one sample of cheese tested at this pH.
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