Rhizomucor miehei

Rhizomucor miehei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Fungi
Order:Mucorales
Family:Mucoraceae
Genus:Rhizomucor
Species: R. miehei
Binomial name
Rhizomucor miehei
(Cooney & R. Emers.) Schipper

Rhizomucor miehei (also: Mucor miehei [1]) is a species of fungus. It is commercially used to produce enzymes which can be used to produce a microbial rennet to curd milk and produce cheese.[2]

Under experimental conditions, this species grows particularly well at temperatures between 24 and 55°C, and their growth becomes negligible below 21°C or above 57°C[3]

See also

References

  1. http://eol.org/pages/1012186/names/common_names
  2. Preetha, S.; Boopathy, R. (1997). "Purification and characterization of a milk clotting protease from Rhizomucor miehei". World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 13 (5): 573. doi:10.1023/A:1018525711573.
  3. M. A. A. Schipper. "On certain species of Mucor with a key to all accepted species". westerdijk institute. Retrieved 19 November 2011.


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