title: Ropy slime-producing lactic acid bacteria contamination at meat processing plants.
abstract: At three Finnish meat processing plants the processing rooms, meat trimmings and carcasses were examined for the presence of ropy slime-producing lactic acid bacteria. Bacterial isolates similar to ropy slime-producing lactobacilli strains able to produce ropy slime on meat products, were recovered from the processing rooms and meat trimmings, indicating that these rooms and raw materials are a source of contamination for ropy bacteria. The ability to produce ropy slime would appear to be a common characteristic of lactobacilli, since altogether 10 different ropy lactobacilli groups were isolated in this study.
authors: College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Helsinki, Finland.
authors: P M
authors: PM
authors: Mäkelä
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Korkeala
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Laine
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005525:Food-Processing Industry / Q000592:standards*; D007777:Lactobacillaceae / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D013552:Swine