Microbiota of ungerminated and germinated Norwegian barley cultivars

Barley is important both as a feed crop, but also as the predominant raw material for production of malt for brewing. The objective of the paper was to study the microbial community of ungerminated and germinated barley grains from three different cultivars grown at four different geographical region in Norway, with focus on LAB and their isolation and identification from the germinated grains.