A proportion of such LAB are of interest for meat bio-preservation, because they can restrict the growth of unwanted organisms through competition and/or generation of antagonistic molecules such as organic acids, bacteriocins and hypothiocyanate (Chaillou et al., 2005; Chen and Hoover, 2003; Holzapfel et al., 1995; Jones, 2004). LAB have been used for preserving fermented and cooked meat products for many years, and a variety of strains have been reported to be antagonistic to pathogens and spoilage organisms