plantarum strains to high saturated fatty acid and cholesterol survive the passage through the human GIT content and their relation to cardiovascular either as freeze-dried culture or embedded in disease. Since both ingredients possess a spe- a sausage matrix. Microencapsulation has cific role in the manufacture of dry fermented also been proposed as an alternative for the sausages, this task seems to be quite chal- incorporation of either probiotic or bacterio- lenging. Potassium chloride, potassium cinogenic strains. In the latter case, though, lactate, glycine, manganese chloride, calcium the inhibitory action of reuterin, producing chloride, and calcium ascorbate (Ibanez et al. Lb. reuteri against E. coli O157:H7, was 1995, 1996, 1997; Gou et al. 1996; Gimeno found to be reduced during sausage fermen- et al. 1998, 1999, 2001) have been examined tation compared with that of the free micro-
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