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. 2012 May 28;3:180. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00180

Table 2.

BA-producing microorganisms from dairy products.

Biogenic amine Producer microorganisms Reference
Histamine Molds and yeast Debaryomyces hansenii, Geotrichum candidum Roig-Sagués et al. (2002), Gardini et al. (2006)
Gram negative Enterobacteriaceae, Morganella morganii Marino et al. (2000), Coton et al. (2011)
Gram positive Lactobacillus buchneri, Lactobacillus curvatus, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lactobacillus parabuchneri, Streptococcus thermophilus Martín et al. (2005), Burdychova and Komprda (2007), Calles-Enríquez et al. (2010)
Tyramine Molds and yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Gardini et al. (2006)
Gram negative
Gram positive Enterococcus casseliflavus, Enterococcus durans, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus hirae, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus curvatus, Streptococcus thermophilus. Fernández et al. (2007b), Lucas et al. (2007), Bonetta et al. (2008), Bunková et al. (2009), La Gioia et al. (2011), Ladero et al. (2012a)
Putrescine Molds and yeast Debaryomyces hansenii, Yarrowia lipolytica Wyder et al. (1999)
Gram negative Enterobacteriaceae, Proteus. ten Brink et al. (1990), Coton et al. (2011)
Gram positive Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus hirae, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus curvatus, Lactococcus lactis Llacer et al. (2007), Lucas et al. (2007), Ladero et al. (2011a,b)
Cadaverine Molds and yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Wyder et al. (1999)
Gram negative Enterobacteriaceae, Halomonas sp., Morganella morganii, Pseudomonas putida Meng and Bennett (1992), Marino et al. (2000), Coton et al. (2011)
Gram positive
Tryptamine Molds and yeast
Gram negative Morganella morganii, Proteus, Serratia Marino et al. (2000), Coton et al. (2011)
Gram positive
Phenylethylamine Molds and yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Wyder et al. (1999)
Gram negative Halomonas, Serratia Marino et al. (2000)
Gram positive Enterococci Marcobal et al. (2006c)

In order to prevent misclassification, only those species which identification is based on the sequencing of 16S rRNA gene or other gene with taxonomical relevance have been included in the table.

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