A note on the heterofermentative Lactobacillus isolated from kefir grains
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Bacteriology
- Vol. 56 (3) , 503-505
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1984.tb01381.x
Abstract
Marshall, V.M., Cole, W.M. & Farrow, J.A.E. 1984. A note on the heterofermentative Lactobacillus isolated from kefir grains. Journal of Applied Bacteriology56, 503–505.Heterofermentative lactobacilli have been isolated from kefir grains obtained from four different sources. A number of these isolates ferment only L‐arabinose and gluconate and are similar to the species ‘Lactobacillus desidiosus’. The DNA of these isolates, however, have 85–109% homology with ‘L. caucasicus’ NCDO 190 which is now regarded as L. kefir. The relationship between these strains is discussed.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Taxonomic Studies on Some Group D StreptococciMicrobiology, 1983
- Lactobacillus kefir sp.nov., a component of the microflora of KefirSystematic and Applied Microbiology, 1983
- Approved Lists of Bacterial NamesInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 1980
- Hybridization Between the Deoxyribonucleic Acids of Some Strains of Heterofermentative Lactic Acid BacteriaInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 1976
- A MEDIUM FOR THE CULTIVATION OF LACTOBACILLIJournal of Applied Bacteriology, 1960
- The taxonomy ofLactobacillus hilgardiiand related heterofermentative lactobacilliHilgardia, 1949