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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 90, Issue 3, Pages 273-282Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(03)00310-6
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lactic acid bacteria (LAB); microbial succession; meat storage; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
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Drip samples were collected at 4-week intervals from 10 vacuum-packaged beef striploins stored for 16 weeks at - 1.5 degreesC and assayed for populations of lactic-acid bacteria (LAB), pH and spoilage-causing fermentation products. A total of 15 LAB species were identified using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and biochemical analysis. A pattern of succession was observed during storage between strains of Carnobacterium, Lactobacillus, Leuconostoc and Pediococcus. Acetic acid production was associated with increasing LAB populations generally and butyric acid production was associated with the development of a particular strain of Leuconostoc. Changes in pH is postulated as a driver of succession. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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