Ropy slime-producing lactic acid bacteria contamination at meat processing plants.
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.
Mäkelä
P M
PM
College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Helsinki, Finland.
Korkeala
H J
HJ
Laine
J J
JJ
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