Eighteen strains of Lactobacillus plantarum from different origins were screened for carotenoid production, as many of them exhibited a deep yellow pigmentation when cultured as isolated colonies on MRS-agar plates. We found that most of them produced significative amounts of the yellow C(30) carotenoid 4,4'-diaponeurosporene in the range 1.8 to 54 mg/kg of dry cell weight. Although some of the...

Lactobacillus plantarum is a widespread member of the Lactobacillus genus and frequently isolated from spoiled acidified food products. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of three L. plantarum food isolates.

Development of MMRS (modified MRS Agar) culture medium; the absolute vegetarian culture medium containing plant seed powder in place of beef extract for the growth of probiotics. Vegetarian probiotic foods by definition must be free from all animal-derived ingredients. This research provides an alternative efficacious, cost effective vegetal culture medium. The culture medium developed in prese...

conclusions our findings show that lactobacillus strains with human origin had a mild inhibitory activity against the diarrheagenic e. coli, and these strains may be useful as probiotic candidates in prevention of intestinal infections caused by diarrheagenic e. coli. results a total of 20 lactobacillus isolates were identified from stool samples. lactobacillus fermentum was the most frequently...

Staphylococcus aureus, as a foodborne pathogen causing significant harm worldwide, was studied to assess the effectiveness of probiotic strains Lactobacillus casei, plantarum, and Bifidobacterium bifidum individually collectively (as consortia) in controlling its growth. The growth patterns S. aureus were observed when co-cultured with each strain consortium all three over 72 hours. Additionall...

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...

Guo l.-d., Yang l.-J., Huo G.-Ch. (2011): Cholesterol removal by Lactobacillus plantarum isolated from homemade fermented cream in Inner Mongolia of China. Czech J. Food Sci., 29: 219–225. A total of 38 strains were initially isolated from Jiaoke, a homemade traditional fermented cream, which was sourced from Inner Mongolia, China, and 6 strains were selected after screening, which was based on...

Lactobacillus plantarum Oregon-R-modENCODE strain BDGP2 was isolated from the gut of Drosophila melanogaster for functional host microbial interaction studies. The complete genome comprised a single circular genome of 3,407,160 bp, with a G+C content of 44%, and four plasmids.

Lactobacillus plantarum strain 16 restricts the growth of various food spoilage fungi and has the potential to be used as a biopreservative to improve the shelf life of foods. The complete genome sequence contains 3,044,678 bp with a G+C content of 44.74% and harbors the largest plasmid complement reported for this species to date.

In the present work, we describe the adhesion capabilities of a recombinant Lactococcus lactis strain producing an extracellular protein from Lactobacillus plantarum. Our results show that this protein may offer the bacterium a mechanism to bind to N-acetylglucosamine-containing polymers, such as human mucins, present in different environments.