ABILITY OF SOME STRAINS OF LACTIC-ACID BACTERIA TO DEGRADE PHYTIC ACID

Authors
SHIRAI K REVAHMOISEEV S GARCIAGARIBAY M MARSHALL VM
Citation
K. Shirai et al., ABILITY OF SOME STRAINS OF LACTIC-ACID BACTERIA TO DEGRADE PHYTIC ACID, Letters in applied microbiology, 19(5), 1994, pp. 366-369
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
366 - 369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1994)19:5<366:AOSSOL>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Twelve strains of lactic acid bacteria were examined for their ability to degrade phytate. In media in which phytic acid was the source of p hosphate, phytate degradation was observed. Phytate disappearance may however not only be due to phytase, as phytic acid coprecipitated with protein as a consequence of a fall in pH during fermentation.