3.1. Physiological characteristics
Absorbance values at 600 nm of the 24-h cultures grown at different
temperatures suggested that 37 °C was the maximum growing temperature
of the strain (Fig. 1). These results are consistent with the previous
studies by other researchers; they also reported that 37 °C (Wood and
Holzapfel, 1995)or40°C(Papagianni and Anastasiadou, 2009)isthe
optimal temperature for Pediococci and the maximum and optimum