Nowadays, more and more studies have focused on the isolation and identication of autochthonous functional starter cultures from different spontaneous fermented food 7. Examples include microorganisms that generate aroma compounds, possess probiotic qualities 10, 11, or remove cholesterol 12-14. Lactobacilli are most commonly found in spontaneous fermented meat products, especially L. sake, L. curvatus and L. plantarum 5-8. The aim of the present work was to screen, identify and characterize LAB isolated from Inner Mongolia traditional meat sausage, which could be further used as starter cultures of fermented sausages.