title: Characterization of Lactobacillus sakei by the type of stereoisomers of lactic acid produced.
abstract: Lactobacillus sakei strains were characterized by the shift of the type of stereoisomers of lactic acid produced in the presence of 50 mM sodium acetate in a medium. Of 27 Lactobacillus sakei strains studied, 20 strains showed high levels of DNA-DNA similarity with L. sakei NRIC 1071(T), and were confirmed as L. sakei. The three remaining strains were identified as Lactobacillus curvatus by DNA-DNA similarity, and three other strains were included in the cluster of Lactobacillus plantarum/Lactobacillus pentosus/Lactobacillus paraplantarum and one strain in the cluster of Lactobacillus paracasei on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Of the 20 L. sakei strains, 19 strains shifted the type of stereoisomers of lactic acid produced from the DL-type to the L-type in the presence of 50 mM sodium acetate. L. curvatus strains and strains included in the cluster of L. plantarum/L. pentosus/L. paraplantarum and in the cluster of L. paracasei did not shift the type of stereoisomers of lactic acid produced. The change of the type of stereoisomers of lactic acid from the DL-type to the L-type in the presence of sodium acetate was concluded to be species-specific for L. sakei and useful for identification of strains in this species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan. iino-takao@nite.go.jp
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iino
authors.forename: Tai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchimura
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komagata
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D019346:Sodium Acetate / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D019344:Lactic Acid; D019346:Sodium Acetate