Microorganism Spanish reference International reference Brochothrix thermosphacta CECT 847 T ATCC 11509 Enterococcus faecalis CECT 407 ATCC 23655 Escherichia coli CECT 4076 CCUG 20570 Lactobacillus 30A ND ATCC 33222 Lactococcus lactis CECT 539 ATCC 11454 Listeria monocytogenes CECT 4031 NCTC 11994 Leuconostoc mesenteroides CECT 4703 NCFB 963 Pseudomonas putida CECT 385 ATCC 12842 Pseudomonas fluorescens CECT 844 ATCC 13430 Salmonella enteritidis CECT 4396 ATCC 29629 Staphylococcus aureus CECT 4521 ATCC 35845 Yersinia enterocolitica CECT 4315 ATCC 9610

Table 1: Reference strains employed for testing bacteriocin production in LAB isolated from meat packaged using TVP or AVSP systems (ATCC: American Type Culture Collection, USA; CECT: Spanish Type Culture Collection (Valencia, Spain); CCUG: Culture Collection University of Göteborg; NCBF: National Collection of Food Bacteria (UK); NCTC: UK National Collection of Type Cultures. ND: Not determined).