Table 6.

Microorganisms isolated from some common and uncommon fermented meat products of the world.

Product	Substrate/Raw materials	Sensory property and nature	Microorganisms	Country	References
Alheira	Pork or beef, bread chopped fat, spices, salt	Dry/Semi-dry, sausage	Lb. plantarum, Lb. paraplantarum, Lb. brevis, Lb. rhamnosus, Lb. sakei, Lb. zeae, Lb. paracasei, Ent. faecalis, Ent. faecium, Leuc. mesenteroides, Ped. pentosaceus, Ped. acidilactici, W. cibaria, W. viridescens	Portugal	Albano et al., 2009
Androlla	Pork, coarse chopped, spices, salt	Dry, pork sausage	Lb. sake, Lb. curvatus, Lb. plantarum	Spain	Garcia-Fontan et al., 2007
Arjia	Large intestine of chevon	Sausage, curry	Ent. faecalis, Ent. faecium, Ent. hirae, Leuc. citreum, Leuc. mesenteroides, Ped. pentosaceus, Weissella cibaria	India, Nepal	Oki et al., 2011
Chartayshya	Chevon	Dried, smoked meat, curry	Ent. faecalis, Ent. faecium, Ent. hirae, Leuc. citreum, Leuc. mesenteroides, Ped. pentosaceus, Weissella cibaria	India	Oki et al., 2012
Chorizo	Pork	Dry, coarse chopped, spices, salt; sausage	Lb. sake, Lb. curvatus, Lb. plantarum	Spain	Garcia-Fontan et al., 2007
Kargyong	Yak, beef, pork, crushed garlic, ginger, salt	Sausage like meat product, curry	Lb. sakei, Lb. divergens, Lb. carnis, Lb. sanfranciscensis, Lb. curvatus, Leuc. mesenteroides, Ent. faecium, B. subtilis, B. mycoides, B. thuringiensis, Staph. aureus, Micrococcus sp., Deb. hansenii, Pic. anomala	India	Rai et al., 2010
Nham (Musom)	Pork meat, pork skin, salt, rice, garlic	Fermented pork	Ped. cerevisiae, Lb. plantarum, Lb. brevis	Thailand	Chokesajjawatee et al., 2009
Nem-chua	Pork, salt, cooked rice	Fermented sausage	Lb. pentosus, Lb. plantarum, Lb. brevis, Lb. paracasei, Lb. fermentum, Lb. acidipiscis, Lb. farciminis, Lb. rossiae, Lb. fuchuensis, Lb. namurensis, Lc. lactis, Leuc. citreum, Leuc. fallax, Ped. acidilactici, Ped. pentosaceus, Ped. stilesii, Weissella cibaria, W. paramesenteroides	Vietnam	Nguyen et al., 2011
Pastirma	Chopped beef meat with lamb fat, heavily seasoned	Dry/semi-dry, sausage	Lb. plantarum, Lb. sake, Pediococcus, Micrococcus, Staph. xylosus, Staph. carnosus	Turkey, Iraq	Aksu et al., 2005
Peperoni	Pork, beef	Dried meat, smoked, sausage	Species of LAB, Micrococcus spp.	Europe, America, Australia	Adams, 2010
Sai-krok-prieo	Pork, rice, garlic, salt	Fermented sausage	Lb. plantarum, Lb. salivarius, Ped. pentosacuns	Thailand	Adams, 2010
Salchichon	Pork or beef meat, fat, NaCl, spices	Dry, sausage	Species of LAB, Staph. spp., Micrococcus spp., enterobacteriaceae, molds	Spain	Fernandez-Lopez et al., 2008
Salsiccia	Chopped pork meat, spices, NaCl	Dry/ semi-dry, sausage	Species of LAB, Staph. spp., Micrococcus spp., enterobacteriaceae, yeast	Italy	Parente et al., 2001a,b
Soppressata	Chopped lean pork meat, NaCl and spices	Dry/ semi-dry, sausage	Species of LAB, Staph. spp., Micrococcus spp., enterobacteriaceae, yeast	Italy	Parente et al., 1994
Sucuk	Chopped meat, pork or beef, curing salts and various spices	Dry, sausage	Species of LAB, Staph. spp., Micrococcus spp., enterobacteriaceae	Turkey	Genccelep et al., 2008
Suka ko masu	Goat, buffalo meat, turmeric powder, mustard oil, salt	Dried or smoked meat, curry	Lb. carnis, Ent. faecium, Lb. plantarum, B. subtilis, B. mycoides, B. thuringiensis, Staph. aureus, Micrococcus sp., Debaromyces hansenii, Pic. burtonii	India	Rai et al., 2010
Tocino	Pork, salt, sugar, potassium nitrate	Fermented cured pork	Ped. cerevisiae, Lb. brevis, Leuc. mesenteroides	Philippines	Alexandraki et al., 2013