Intermicellar relationships in rennet-treated separated milk: I. Preparation of representative electron micrographs

Author:

Green Margaret L.,Hobbs David G.,Morant Steven V.

Abstract

SummarySeparated milk was treated with rennet at 30 °C for known proportions of the visually-determined clotting time. Samples were fixed with glutaraldehyde, which inhibited aggregation of casein micelles, mixed with agar, and stained sections examined. Bias in the preparation of the electron micrographs was minimized by replication, particularly in the early stages of sample preparation, and, for thin (60–90 nm) sections, by systematic selection of the areas examined.Whole casein micelles, viewed in stereo micrographs of thick (about 1 μm) sections, had open, diffuse structures and their appearance did not change on treatment with rennet. Micrographs of thick sections taken at 90° to each other showed that casein micelles form a network-type of gel, with the same structure in all dimensions. Counts of micelles larger than about 20 nm diam. in fields of thin sections showed that each of 3 sets of fields was similar and representative for each sample. The number of micelles/μm2 appeared to increase between 60 and 130 % of the clotting time, but this change was not statistically significant.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,General Medicine,Food Science

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