Liha töötlemine
2005). The reflected by the size of its genome, 3.3 Mb
intra-specific diversity of L. sakei species has (Kleerebezem et al. 2003), which is the
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largest of the Lactobacillus genus. Although, with other Gram-positive cocci, such as
L. curvatus is frequently isolated from meat Micrococcus genus, because these two genera
fermentations and has a role in the control of often cohabit the same habitats. However,
undesirable bacteria due to the production of molecular taxonomy has revealed that these
antimicrobial peptides (see Chapter 14), less genera are phylogenetically separate and dis-
information on its physiology and genetics is tinct. The genus Staphylococcus belongs to
available. the Clostridium subdivision of Gram-positive
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