Liha töötlemine
sausage fermentation (Axelsson 2004). nature; their major habitats are skin, skin
Phylogenetically Pediococcus species belong glands, and the mucous membranes of
to the L. casein-Pediococcus sub-cluster of mammals and birds. Some species, mainly
the Lactobacillus cluster. The genus consists coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS)
currently of nine species, but only P. pento- such as Staphylococcus xylosus, S. carnosus,
saceus is generally used as a starter culture S. equorum, and S. saprophyticus, are
for meat fermentation. The species P. cerevi- frequently isolated from dry fermented
siae, frequently mentioned as a starter culture, sausages, but other species occur, too.
has now been reclassified as P. pentosaceus. Staphylococci are facultative anaerobes
The genome-sequencing project of P. pento- capable of metabolizing a number of differ-
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