Knowledge and control of the bacteria
present in the batter and involved in the fermentation are essential in terms of the
microbiological quality, sensory characteristics, and food safety. In the last decade,
numerous studies on the ecology of traditional fermented sausages confirmed and
extended the knowledge, especially in terms
of technological lactic acid bacteria (LAB)
and Gram - positive catalase positive cocci
(GCC+), (Aymerich et al. 2003 ; Corbi è re
Morot - Bizot et al. 2004 ; Giammarinaro et al.
2005 ; Rantsiou and Cocolin 2006 ; Urso et al.
2006 ). The LAB species most commonly