(A) Mutagenicity (no. of revertants) of various fermented sausages.
a–d Means with different superscripts within the same
treatment are different (p<0.05). A–C Means with
different superscripts within the same fermented sausages are different
(p<0.05). (B) Mutagenicity (no. of revertants) of six different
fermented sausages. a–e Means with different superscripts
within the different fermented sausages are different (p<0.05). (C)
Mutagenicity (no. of revertants) of fermented sausages treated with vitamins
C and E. Treatments are described in Fig.
1A. a–d Means with different superscripts
within different treatment are different (p<0.05). Treatments: T1,
Pediococcus acidilactici; T2, Pediococcus
pentosaceus and Staphylococcus carnosus; T3,
Staphylococcus carnosus, Staphylococcus
xylosus, Debaryomyces hansenii,
Lactobacillus curvatus, and Pediococcus
pentosaceus; T4, Staphylococcus carnosus and
Lactobacillus sakei; T5, Staphylococcus
xylosus and Lactobacillus plantarum; T6,
Penicillium nalgiovensis; CTL, fermented sausages (FS)
with 6 different starter cultures; Vit C, FS immersed in the same volume of
0.1% Vit C solution; Vit E, FS immersed in the same volume of 0.1% Vit E
solution; Vit C+E, FS immersed in the same volume of 0.05% Vit C and
0.05% Vit E solutions.