The aim of the research was to estimate the effect of selected lactic acid bacterial strains on the technological quality and microbiological stability of mechanically separated poultry meat (
MSPM
) cured with a reduced amount of sodium nitrite. The 5 different treatments of MSPM batters were prepared: C150 – control cured with sodium nitrite at 150 mg/kg, C50 – control cured with sodium nitrite at 50 mg/kg, PL1 – cured with sodium nitrite at 50 mg/kg and inoculated
Lactobacillus plantarum
SCH1 at about 10
7
cfu/g, PL2 – cured with sodium nitrite at 50 mg/kg and inoculated
Lactobacillus brevis
KL5 at about 10
7
cfu/g, and PL3 – cured sodium nitrite at 50 mg/kg and inoculated
L. plantarum
S21 at about 10
7
cfu/g. The MSPM batters were tested at 1, 4 and 7 d of being in refrigerated storage. The scope of the research was as follows – physicochemical determinations: pH and redox, nitrates and nitrites as well as nitrosyl pigments levels, color estimation with a Comission Internationale de l'Eclairage Lab system and microbiological determinations: the total viable counts, the mesophilic lactic acid bacteria counts,
Escherichia coli
and
Enterobacteriaceae
counts. The inhibitory effect of
L. plantarum
SCH1 isolated from the ecological raw fermented meat product on
E. coli
in cured MSPM batters during refrigerated storage was proved (
P
< 0.05). The use of lactic acid bacterial strains in cured batters that were prepared and based on mechanically separated poultry meat did not have a negative effect on their technological quality. The positive effect of
L. brevis
KL5 on the level of nitrosyl pigments in the cured MSPM batters was observed (
P
< 0.05). The conducted research suggested the possibility of using the selected bacterial strains of the
Lactobacillus
genus to improve the microbiological quality of MSPM cured with a reduced amount of sodium nitrite.