{"id":210617,"date":"2024-03-06T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T12:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/blue-cheese-could-get-an-upgrade-thanks-to-new-mould-hybrids\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:10","slug":"blue-cheese-could-get-an-upgrade-thanks-to-new-mould-hybrids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/blue-cheese-could-get-an-upgrade-thanks-to-new-mould-hybrids\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue cheese could get an upgrade thanks to new mould hybrids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05110249\/SEI_194472072.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image size-full wp-image-2420479 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Igorr Norman \/ Alamy\" data-caption=\"A mould creates the distinctive blue veins in Roquefort cheese\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">A mould creates the distinctive blue veins in Roquefort cheese<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Igorr Norman \/ Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Five new varieties of <em>Penicillium roqueforti<\/em>, the fungus used to make blue cheese, have been created, possibly helping to secure the future of Stilton, Roquefort and other cheeses.<\/p>\n<p>The work could also lead to new strains of the fungus that further reduce the risk of cheese toxins, as well as others that may have pharmaceutical applications.<\/p>\n<p><em>P. roqueforti<\/em> is used all over the world to produce blue\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2420477-blue-cheese-could-get-an-upgrade-thanks-to-new-mould-hybrids\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A mould creates the distinctive blue veins in Roquefort cheese Igorr Norman \/ Alamy Five new varieties of Penicillium roqueforti, the fungus used to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339940,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210617\/revisions\/339940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}