Lactobacillus casei, L. paracasei, and L. rhamnosus form a closely related taxonomic group (Lactobacillus casei group) within the facultatively heterofermentative lactobacilli. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of L. paracasei JCM 8130 and L. casei ATCC 393, and the draft genome sequence of L. paracasei COM0101, all of which were isolated from daily products. Furthermore, we re-anno...

A study of the proteinase activity of Lactobacillus casei grown in milk and of cell-free extract of L. cawi has been reported on in a previous paper (Brandsaeter and Nelson, 1956). Whereas the proteinases of L. casei have been studied to some extent earlier, very little has been done to characterize the peptidases of this organism. Other lactobacilli hydrolyze some peptides (Christophersen and ...

A fatal case of community acquired pneumonia due to Lactobacillus casei ss rhamnosus is reported. Clinicians should be aware of this type of pneumonia.

1 The binding of a series of amide derivatives of methotrexate to Lactobacillus casei dihydrofolate reductase has been studied by inhibition constant measurements and by 'H n.m.r. spectroscopy. 2 Amide modification of the a-carboxylate of methotrexate was found to prevent interaction of the y-carboxylate with the imidazole of His 28. 3 Estimates of the contributions to the binding energy from t...

The adhesion of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG to human enterocyte-like Caco-2 cells was not inhibited by eight carbohydrates tested, namely N-acetyl-glucosamine, galactose, glucose, fructose, fucose, mannose, methyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside and sucrose. The degree of hydrophobicity predicted the adhesion of L. rhamnosus GG to Caco-2 cells. L. rhamnosus GG, however, was able to compete with Escheric...

More than 120 isolates of lactic acid bacteria obtained from Kimchi was screened for antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus. Approximately 10% of the isolates showed inhibitory activity and only 4.16% (five isolates) exhibited strong activity against the indicator fungus A. fumigatus. The five isolates showed a wide rang of antifungal activity against A. flavus, Fusarium moniliforme,...

The object of this study was to determine whether oat, buckwheat and whole brown rice flours have a prebiotic effect on Lactobacillus casei, acidophilus (LA5), Bifidobacterium animalis subsp lactis (Bifidobacterium BB-12). In the study, skimmed milk inoculated with above-mentioned bacteria fortified flours. According results, oat stimulated all investigated, whereas flour had no for L. casei.