title: Isolation of tannin-degrading lactobacilli from humans and fermented foods.
abstract: Lactobacilli with tannase activity were isolated from human feces and fermented foods. A PCR-based taxonomic assay revealed that the isolates belong to Lactobacillus plantarum, L. paraplantarum, and L. pentosus. Additional studies on a range of Lactobacillus species from established culture collections confirmed that this enzymatic activity is a phenotypic property common to these three species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe City 657-8501, Japan. osawa@ans.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuroiso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005285:Fermentation; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C022711:tannase