.4. Fermentation The pretreated meat was transferred to a beaker that had been dried in a blast oven at 160 C for 2 h. The pH of the fermentation broth (Lactobacillus medium) was adjusted to 6.5. The initial number of colonies was 6.2 106 CFU/mL and the viable count of Lacrobacillus bulgaricus in the jerkies fermentation is 3.0 105 CFU/ g before fermentation. Then the fermentation medium was aliquoted into the beaker at a ratio of 50 mL broth/25 g fresh meat, labeled, and cultured in an incubator at 35 C for 36 h. The fermentation medium (without meat) was cultured under the same conditions as the control.