Predominant Lactic Acid Bacteria from Salted Sea Food

Predominant Lactic Acid Bacteria from Salted Sea Food

Lactic acid bacteria are dominant microflora in many kinds of fermented foods. In this study, dominant microflora, especially lactic acid bacteria were isolated from salted sea food, and we determined physiological characteristics, and assayed specific property such as bacteriocin activity. The population of lactic acid bacteria as well as aerobic mesophilic counts was at the level of 10⁷ cfu /g. Total 17 strains of LAB were isolated from salted sea food sample. The phenotypic characteristics of these strains were determined followed by Bergey s Manual. And genotypic and bacteriocin activity were tested by Schillinger and Lucke⁽⁷⁾.