detected. This same pattern of growth occurred for fermentations in the
absence and presence of nisin + lysozyme (Fig. 2g, h, j). In the absence
of nisin + lysozyme, LAB grew to maximum populations of 107
–
108 CFU/g. Three species were found: Lactobacillus pentosus and
L. plantarum which grew to 106
–107 CFU/g during the first 48 h before
dying off to non-detectable levels (b100 CFU/g); and L. fermentum
which grew to 107 CFU/g after 96 h and then declined to about
103 CFU/g by the end of fermentation (Fig. 2g). For fermentations
in the presence of nisin + lysozyme, no growth of L. pentosus and
L. fermentum was detected (b100 CFU/g) and only weak growth
(105 CFU/g) of L. plantarum was detected at only one sampling time,
48 h (Fig. 2h, j).