This study further underlines a higher rope spoilage potential of the ISPA
strains as compared to the ATCC strain, thus emphasizing the interest to characterise both wild strains
and reference strain to account for biological variability. In conclusion, this study showed that available
decision making tools which are largely recognized to predict behaviour of pathogenic strains, shall also
be used with spoilage strains to help maintain food quality and extend shelf-life.