Effects of Some Physicochemical Conditions on the Growth and Histamine Production by Enterococcus Isolates from Fermented Pentaclethra macrophylla (Oil Beans) in Nsukka, Nigeria

Abstract

Although certain species have continued to gain prominence as the major cause of nosocomial infections, causing such diseases as urinary tract infections, bacteraemia, intra-abdominal infections, and endocarditis, 6-10 many species are known probiotics that are involved in the fermentation of dairy products and traditionally fermented foods, adapting to several food environment, especially as non starter fermenters. 11,12