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.
Ibex in alpine habitat. A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. The term typically refers to the zone in which the organism lives and where it can find food, shelter, protection and mates for reproduction.