The aim of this study was to evaluate the phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from "Alheira", a fermented sausage produced in Portugal. LAB were identified to genus and species level by phenotypic characteristics, using genus or species-specific primers and sequencing of the gene encoding 16S rRNA. Two-hundred and eighty-three isolates were grouped into 1...

Use of probiotic biofilms can be an alternative approach for reducing the formation of pathogenic biofilms in food industries. The aims of this study were (i) to evaluate the probiotic properties of bacteriocinogenic (Lactococcus lactis VB69, L. lactis VB94, Lactobacillus sakei MBSa1, and Lactobacillus curvatus MBSa3) and non-bacteriocinogenic (L. lactis 368, Lactobacillus helveticus 354, Lacto...

the lactic acid bacteria in 9 samples of the fermented camel milk, chal, taken from rural area and retail markets were identified on the basis of their physiological and morphological properties. from the samples, 93 lab species including, 64 bacillus (68.8%), 8 cocci 8.6%), 11 coccobacillus (11.83%), 2 streptococcus (2.15%) and 8 tetrade (8.6%) were identified. among the lactobacillus species,...

Niven et al. (1949) described, but did not name, a new species of heterofermentative lactobacillus that frequently is the cause of greening of cured meat pigments. These organisms were found to be physiologically and serologically homogeneous, and have been found widely distributed in and on cured meat products (Niven, 1951). Members of this species have been found to possess some rather unusua...

We report the nucleotide sequence of 16S ribosomal RNA from REFERENCES Lactobacillus viridescens NCDO 1655 (EMBL accession no. , s F Nick] s ^ C o u l s o n A R . ( 1 9 7 7 ) Proc. Natl Acad. 5 d . USA X52568) and Lactobacillus confusus NCDO 1586 (EMBL 74,5463-5467. accession no. X52567). Nucleotide sequences were determined 2. Lane.D.J., Pace.B., Olsen.G.J., Stahl.D.A., Sogin.M.L. and Pace.N.R...

The nucleotide sequence of Lactobacillus viridescens ATCC 12706 5S RNA was determined to be pU-G-U-U-G-U-G-A-U-G-A-U-G-G-C-A-U-U-G-A-G-G-U-C-A-C-A-C C-U-G-U-U-C-C-C-A-U-A-C-C-G-A-A-C-A-C-A-G-A-A-G-U-U-A-A-G-C-U-C-A-A-U-A-G-C-G C-C-G-A-A-A-G-U-A-G-U-U-G-G-A-G-G-A-U-C-U-C-U-U-C-C-U-G-C-G-A-G-G-A-U-A-G-G-A C-G-U-C-G-C-A-A-U-G-COH. When compared with other published sequences of prokaryotic 5S RNA ...