Isolation and identification of lactic acid bacteria from soil using an enrichment procedure

✍ Scribed by Y.-S. Chen; F. Yanagida; T. Shinohara

• Book ID: 111190518
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 344 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0266-8254
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2005.01653.x

✦ Synopsis

Aims:

To survey, and identify and classify the ecological distribution of lactic acid bacteria from soil in japan and taiwan.

Methods and results:

Acid-producing bacteria were isolated from 68 soil samples, collected from japan and taiwan, in the rhizospheres of fruit trees, from the floor of a henhouse and around a horse farm. all isolates were identified by physiological and genetic tests. thirty-two of the 54 isolates were identified as lactic acid bacteria (lab), 16 as spore-forming lactic acid bacteria, five as clostridium and one as bacillus. these lactic acid bacteria represent five genera: lactobacillus, lactococcus, enterococcus, leuconostoc and weissella.

Conclusions:

A high rate of isolating lactic acid bacteria was obtained from soil.

Significance and impact of the study:

This study suggests that soil may be a common source for the isolation of lactic acid bacteria.