Open AccessPlasmid profiles of ten strains of Lactobacillus plantarum
Author(s) -
Nes Ingolf F.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1984.tb00336.x
Subject(s) - extrachromosomal dna , plasmid , starter , lactobacillus plantarum , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , lactobacillus , strain (injury) , bacteria , dna , genetics , food science , lactic acid , anatomy
The presence of extrachromosomal DNA elements has been investigated in 10 strains of Lactobacillus plantarum . 8 of the strains contained from 1 to 6 plasmids of different M r values spanning from 1.35 · 10 6 to 15.4 · 10 6 . 6 of the strains are commonly used as starter cultures in dry sausage and all these strains contained plasmids. The remaining 4 strains were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection and only 2 of these strains were found to harbour plasmids.