Results also indicated that the rawmaterials fromwhich LAB are
derived appear to be influential in defining LAB variability. Lactic
acid bacteria strains associated with both fermenting cassava roots
and fermented cassava dough were mainly rods, as opposed to
cocci. It has been reported that Lactobacillus spp. were dominant
organisms present at the end of cassava fermentation and are
thought to contribute significantly to the acidification process
(Coulin, Farah, Assanvo, Spillman, & Puhan, 2006). The principal