L. Grazia et al., ACTION OF HOMOFERMENTATIVE AND HETEROFERMENTATIVE LACTOBACILLI ON THEMOLDING OF SALAMI, Industrie alimentari, 37(372), 1998, pp. 852-855
The homofermentative lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus plantarum, use
d as starter culture for salami fermentation, prevented the mould deve
lopment (Penicillium gladioli) over the casing. As a consequence the c
hemical composition of the salami didn't undergo any changes until the
end of the ripening. The heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria Lact
obacillus brevis, on the other hand, didn't prevent the mould from its
usual development and this caused a partial disacidification.