title: Isolation and characterization of halophilic lactic acid bacteria isolated from "terasi" shrimp paste: a traditional fermented seafood product in Indonesia.
abstract: Lactic acid bacteria from "terasi" shrimp paste, a highly popular fermented seafood in Indonesia were isolated and characterized. Viable cell counts were 10(4) to 10(6) cfu/g on MRS medium. All the isolates were catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci and were able to grow at 15% NaCl. Numerical phenotypic analysis showed that the isolates clustered into one group. However, they could be classified into two types: the Tetragenococcus halophilus group and the T. muriaticus group as revealed by a restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. This study is the first to show that both species of Tetragenococcus are distributed in Indonesian fermented foods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan. takeshik@tokyo-u-fish.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Michika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kajiwara
authors.forename: Mita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wahyuni
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitakado
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamada-Sato
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Imada
authors.forename: Etsuo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005285:Fermentation; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017747:Seafood / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S