Liha töötlemine
Its adaptation
lactobacilli; the Leuconostoc group, which to meat, an environment rich in amino
encompass the obligate heterofermentative; acids because of the activity of endogenous
and the L. acidophilus group, composed of proteases, has caused it to lose biosynthetic
obligate homofermentative lactobacilli. pathways for amino acid synthesis. L. sakei
Only a limited number of Lactobacillus is therefore auxotrophic for all amino
species is commonly isolated from meat fer- acids except aspartic and glutamic acid
mentations and used as starter cultures. (Champomier-Verges et al. 2002). Amino
Among them, L. sakei, L. curvatus and L. acid metabolism can provide an alternative
plantarum, belonging to the sub-group of energy source for L. sakei when glucose
facultative heterofermentative lactobacilli, is exhausted, and this affects the sensorial