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Identification of Thermobacteria and Homofermentative, Thermophilic, Pentose‐utilizing Lactobacilli from High Temperature Fermenting Grape Musts
Author(s) -
BARRE P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1978.tb00783.x
Subject(s) - thermophile , fermentation , pentose , lactic acid , lactobacillus acidophilus , food science , lactobacillus , bacteria , chemistry , biology , arabinose , pentose phosphate pathway , biochemistry , metabolism , xylose , glycolysis , probiotic , genetics
Eight strains belonging to Thermobacterium have been isolated from high temperature (between 40° and 43°C) fermenting grape musts. They resemble Lactobacillus acidophilus very closely. Four other thermophilic homofermentative strains are somewhat different: they ferment arabinose and ribose with production of more than 90% of the end product carbon as lactate. This last result involves a metabolic pathway undescribed among lactic acid bacteria.