title: Isolation and identification of lactic acid bacteria from soil using an enrichment procedure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To survey, and identify and classify the ecological distribution of lactic acid bacteria from soil in Japan and Taiwan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acid-producing bacteria were isolated from 68 soil samples, collected from Japan and Taiwan, in the rhizospheres of fruit trees, from the floor of a henhouse and around a horse farm. All isolates were identified by physiological and genetic tests. Thirty-two of the 54 isolates were identified as lactic acid bacteria (LAB), 16 as spore-forming lactic acid bacteria, five as Clostridium and one as Bacillus. These lactic acid bacteria represent five genera: Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Enterococcus, Leuconostoc and Weissella.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A high rate of isolating lactic acid bacteria was obtained from soil.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that soil may be a common source for the isolation of lactic acid bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Enology and Viticulture, Yamanashi University, Kitashin, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Y-S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yanagida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinohara
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017045:Lactococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D019344:Lactic Acid