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The cheese itself is not, but the blue specks are concentrated spots of microorganisms. Of course, all cheese requires microorganisms to create, without it, cheese would be liquid, and it'd pretty much be milk.

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Some cheeses, such as Roquefort, blue, Gorgonzola, Stilton, Brie, and Camembert, are made from dairy products in a similar manner to other cheeses. However, there is a unique step for those cheeses. Cheeses like those mentioned above are introduced to a specific type of mold (which is a type of fungus) at a specific point in their development. These molds often impart unique colors, scents, and tastes to the cheeses as they grow. If the molds are allowed to continue to grow unchecked, the cheeses may become unsafe to eat.

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Yes, blue cheese is a type of cheese that is produced using cultures of the mold Penicillium. This mold gives the cheese its characteristic blue veins and tangy flavor.

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Idiot. Cheese ain't a fungas. Worry no longer. 8-)

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Heart disease including lung disease

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No way!

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Bacteria.

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What bluish cheese gets its flavor from fungus growing on it?

blue cheese


How are fungus important to the ecosystem?

they can add flavour to some cheese such as blue cheese and some cheddar cheeses


Are roquefort cheese and blue cheese the same?

Blue cheese is a catch-all term for cheeses that have blue coloration or veins due to the particular fungus used in its production. While Roquefort is a blue cheese, not all blue cheeses are Roquefort.


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What bacteria makes the mold in blue cheese?

Penicillium roqueforti is the specific mold used to make blue cheese. It is responsible for the blue veining and unique flavor characteristic of this type of cheese.


Is there any bacteria in blue cheese?

There are millions of bacteria in every slice of blue cheese just like in most living food, but if you are referring to what gives its blue color to cheese, this is a fungus, not a bacteria. Blue cheese like stilton, roquefort or gorgonzola are seeded with the fungus penicillium roqueforti. Penicillium has been used in France since the Middle Ages to heal wounds, in the form of blue mold bread, however it is the Scottish Alexander Fleming who first isolated its active element penicillin in 1928, from penicillium rubens.


Will you die if you eat mold?

No. There are many different types of mold, but many foods have mold all ready when they are eaten. Do you like blue cheese? The blue color is a mold within the cheese and it is allowed to ripen to get get that blue vein. You probably all ready eat mushrooms. They are a fungus. I can think of many things that people eat that have mold or are a fungus.


What food product is made fungus?

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What organism ferments Stilton Cheese?

Stilton cheese is not "fermented" as such. Like other blue-veined cheeses, such as Italian "Gorgonzola" and French "Roquefort", it gets its blue veins from the saprotrophic fungus Penicillium roqueforti. For more information on Stilton, see the related links.


What way is mold used in cheese?

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