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- Lactic acid bacteria from Ethiopian traditional beverage, Tella: technological and metabolic profiles for industrial application
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Gashaw Assefa Yehuala, Jaein Choe, Nurelegne Tefera Shibeshi, Kumsa Delessa, Asnake Desalegn, Mi-Kyung Park
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J. Microbiol. 2025;63(1):e.2409008. Published online December 20, 2024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71150/jm.2409008
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Tella is a traditional beverage widely accepted by consumers, despite the lack of product consistency owing to its reliance on natural fermentation. This study aimed to identify potential industrial lactic acid bacteria (LAB) starter cultures based on their technological properties. Seven LAB strains isolated from Tella were characterized for their carbohydrate utilization, salt content, temperature, and acid tolerances, growth and acidification rates, and metabolite profiles. Most strains efficiently utilized various carbohydrates, with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum TDM41 showing exceptional versatility. The strains exhibited similar growth characteristics. Principal component analysis of stress tolerance properties revealed that L. plantarum TDM41, Pediococcus pentosaceus TAA01, and Leuconostoc mesenteroides TDB22 exhibited superior tolerance ability. Strong acidification properties were detected in the L. plantarum TDM41, P. pentosaceus TAA01, and Leuconostoc mesenteroides TDB22 strains after 24 h incubation at 30°C. L. plantarum TDM41 displayed the fastest acidification rate throughout the analysis period. All LAB strains produced significant amounts of diverse organic acids, including lactic acid, citric acid, acetic acid, malic acid, and succinic acid, with lactic acid being the primary acid produced by each strain. Overall, strains L. plantarum TDM41 and P. pentosaceus TAA01 prove to be potential candidates for Tella industrial starter cultures and similar cereal products owing to their robust technological properties.
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- Relationships between the use of Embden Meyerhof pathway (EMP) or Phosphoketolase pathway (PKP) and lactate production capabilities of diverse Lactobacillus reuteri strains
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Grégoire Burgé , Claire Saulou-Bérion , Marwen Moussa , Florent Allais , Violaine Athes , Henry-Eric Spinnler
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J. Microbiol. 2015;53(10):702-710. Published online October 2, 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-015-5056-x
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The aims of this study is to compare the growth and glucose
metabolism of three Lactobacillus reuteri strains (i.e.
DSM 20016, DSM 17938, and ATCC 53608) which are lactic
acid bacteria of interest used for diverse applications such
as probiotics implying the production of biomass, or for the
production of valuable chemicals (3-hydroxypropionaldehyde,
3-hydroxypropionic acid, 1,3-propanediol). However, the
physiological diversity inside the species, even for basic metabolisms,
like its capacity of acidification or glucose metabolism,
has not been studied yet. In the present work, the
growth and metabolism of three strains representative of
the species diversity have been studied in batch mode. The
strains were compared through characterization of growth
kinetics and evaluation of acidification kinetics, substrate consumption
and product formation. The results showed significant
differences between the three strains which may be
explained, at least in part, by variations in the distribution
of carbon source between two glycolytic pathways during the
bacterial growth: the phosphoketolase or heterolactic pathway
(PKP) and the Embden-Meyerhof pathway (EMP). It was
also shown that, in the context of obtaining a large amount
of biomass, DSM 20016 and DSM 17938 strains were the
most effective in terms of growth kinetics. The DSM 17938
strain, which shows the more significant metabolic shift from
EMP to PKP when the pH decreases, is more effective for
lactate production.
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Nitrogen (N) deposition has increased dramatically worldwide, which may affect forest soils in various ways. In this study, we conducted a short-term manipulation experiment of N addition on two types of forest soils (urban and rural soils) found in Korea. N addition significantly decreased phenol oxidase activities in urban soil samples; however, it did not affect those in rural soils. Furthermore, N addition did not change β-glucosidase and N-acetylglucosaminidase activities, except for β-glucosidase activities in the O layer of rural soils. Changes in microbial biomass and general activity (dehydrogenase activity) were not induced by N addition, except for dehydrogenase in the A layer of urban soils. Although N addition did not change the extractable soil nutrients, organic matter, and water contents significantly, it enhanced nutrient leaching and resulted in lower pH leachate. These results suggest that excessive N addition to forest soils may induce nutrient leaching in the long-term. Overall results of our study also suggest that N addition may induce retardation of organic matter decomposition in soils; however, such a response may depend on the intensity of previous exposure to N deposition.
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