title: Taxonomic homogeneity of a salt-tolerant lactic acid bacteria isolated from shoyu mash.
abstract: Forty-seven salt-tolerant lactic acid bacteria, which had been isolated from different places and grown in 15% NaCl, were examined to assess their taxonomic heterogeneity. Among the isolates, 42 were isolated from shoyu mash during the acid fermentation phase, 2 were from miso and 3 were from anchovy pickles. All isolates were identified as Tetragenococcus halophilus on the basis of DNA relatedness values. We further examined 102 phenotypic characteristics of them. The isolates exhibited differences in only 16, supporting the conclusion obtained from the DNA relatedness analysis.
authors.affiliation: R&D Department, Higeta Shoyu Co, Ltd, Choshi 288-8680, Japan. h-hanagata@higeta.co.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanagata
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shida
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005396:Fish Products / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism*; D013025:Glycine max / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride