Glossary
Microbial ecosystems from ripened cheeses - Compositions and functions

ecosystem; écosystème

Term designating a set of living organisms (biocenosis) and physical and chemical components (biotope) that interact more or less closely with one another.

morgée (or emmorgée) ;

The rind of a cheese is regularly rubbed with either dry salt or a brine that may contain ripening ferments, generally giving it an orange color.

resilience; resilience

Qualifies an ecosystem capable of returning to equilibrium after a disturbance.

resistance; resistance

Qualifies, in a given biotope, an ecosystem in which the establishment of a new species is difficult due to the occupation of the biotope by a diversity of species very well adapted to the constraints of this biotope.

convergence;...