Collecting cheese in the name of science. Species of plants animals fungi have latin or scientific names but cheeses none of these.

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Cheese is not alive so it doesn t have a scientific name because foods don t have scientific names.

Scientific name for cheese. Actually each type of cheese is a different type of bacteria. Caseus latin name for cheese. The major industrial use of this fungus is the production of blue cheeses flavouring agents antifungals polysaccharides proteases and other enzymes the fungus has been a constituent of roquefort stilton danish blue.

Then since many cheeses are named for locations you could latinize them. No technically scientific name. For species and family genus then species wiki hundreds of types of cheese are produced.

Microbiologist schmitz esser and lead author elisa schornsteiner worked with colleagues from the agricultural chamber of vorarlberg to gather samples from three different vorarlberger cheese dairies. But since scientific names are latin perhaps you could go with caseus. Cheese is a dairy product derived from milk and produced in wide ranges of flavors textures and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein it comprises proteins and fat from milk usually the milk of cows buffalo goats or sheep during production the milk is usually acidified and the enzymes of rennet or bacterial enzymes with similar activity are added to cause the milk proteins.

And each would have a different name. Penicillium roqueforti is a common saprotrophic fungus in the genus penicillium widespread in nature it can be isolated from soil decaying organic matter and plants. Cheese is left to ripen or age in a temperature and humidity controlled environment for varying lengths of time.

Increasing scientific understanding and technological advances have led to a wide range of uses for whey and established it as a valuable coproduct of the cheese industry find out more about other uses of whey.