Freshly mixed ingredients contained low populations of
LAB (less than 10 CFU/g) that subsequently grew during fermentation to final populations of approximately
107 CFU/g. Early stages of the process were dominated by the presence of Lc. garvieae, S. bovis, and W. cibaria.
At 48 h into fermentation, W. cibaria, P. pentosaceus, and Lb. plantarum were prevalent, and gave way to a
dominance of Lb. plantarum that completed the fermentation. A mixture of these LAB species could be
considered as species for development of a starter culture for plaa-som fermentation