The result was a product with just the right elasticity and low enough acid and salt levels to favor the growth of the carbon-dioxide-burping microbe Propionibacterium freudenreichii, whose metabolic by-products give Swiss cheese both its nutty, sweet flavor and its holes.
Definition of ibex for English Language Learners. : a wild goat that lives chiefly in the mountains of Europe, Asia, and northeastern Africa.
However, young ibex are often hunted by a variety of fox and cat species. The ibex are members of the goat family, and the walia ibex is the southernmost of today's ibexes. In the late 1990s, the walia ibex went from endangered to critically endangered due to the declining population.The walia ibex is also known as the Abyssinian ibex.he walia ibex is considered to be endangered by the IUCN and needs further conservation measures to survive. Since no captive population is kept anywhere in the world, the IUCN recommends capturing a few individuals to form the nucleus of a captive breeding group.