Table 1.

Pediococcus isolates.

Species	N	Origin			Growth in Beera
		Brewery	Otherb	Unknown	+	-
acidilactici	6	4	1	1	1	5
claussenii	12	12	0	0	11	1
ropyc	(5)	(5)	(0)	(0)	(5)	(0)
non-ropyd	(7)	(7)	(0)	(0)	(6)	(1)
damnosus	1	1	0	0	0	1
inopinatus	1	1	0	0	0	1
parvulus	5	0	5	0	1	4
ropy	(1)	(0)	(1)	(0)	(0)	(1)
non-ropy	(4)	(0)	(4)	(0)	(1)	(3)
pentosaceus	4	1	2	1	0	4
Total	29	19	8	2	13	16

^a Previously reported by Haakensen et al. [3,4].

^b Isolates of known non-brewery origin, specific origins are provided in Additional file 2.

^{c, d} Isolates positive and negative for exopolysaccharide rope production, respectively.