Definition, composition and importance of microflora Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (2007) cited by the online medical dictionary (2013) defines living microorganisms as that small that they can be seen only with a microscope and that maintain a more or less constant presence in a particular area that includes bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi. Soil microflora more specifically, consists the following microorganisms (Bhatt et al. 2013): 1. Bacteria a) Heterotrophic bacteria, eg. symbiotic and non - symbiotic N2 fixers, ammonifier, cellulose decomposers, denitrifiers b) Autrotrophic bacteria, eg. nitrosomonas, nitrobacter, sulphur oxidizers, etc; 2. Fungus; 3. Viruses 4. Actinomycetes and stretomyces; 5. Algae eg. BGA, yellow gree algae, golden brown algae. The soil microflora largely depends on the type of soil, temperature, moisture, plant growth,
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Effect of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Streptococcus thermophilus and the already Meat Characteristics on Meat mentioned Clostridium perfringens; and the Microbial Populations strict thermophiles Cl.thermosaccharolyti- Microbial communities in foods are not cum and Bacillus stearothermophilus stable; heterotrophic populations change (Zamudio 2006). with time and the presence of specific chemi- Not all preservation methods are com- cals. Meat is a very rich substrate, containing pletely efficient; generally, more than one almost all nutrients necessary to support a is applied, according to the well-known 337 338 Chapter 19 “hurdle” theory (Leistner 1985)
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