LEUCONOSTOC FALLAX, AN ACID AND ETHANOL TOLERANT LACTIC-ACID BACTERIUM

Authors
MIDDELHOVEN WJ KLIJN N
Citation
Wj. Middelhoven et N. Klijn, LEUCONOSTOC FALLAX, AN ACID AND ETHANOL TOLERANT LACTIC-ACID BACTERIUM, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 75(1), 1997, pp. 57-60
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225142
Volume
75
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
57 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5142(1997)75:1<57:LFAAAE>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Leuconostoc fallax, known to be present in sauerkraut, was reisolated from exudates of Gerbera jamesonii. The identity of the isolates with L fallax was demonstrated by sequence analysis of the first 600 bases of the 16S rRNA. L fallax utilised a small number of sugars and showed a remarkable resistance to lactic acid. The final pH in glucose broth was 3.9. Moreover it was able to grow in the presence of ethanol (9.0 % v/v) and salt (5.5%), but it was unable to carry out a male-lactic f ermentation.