Journal
FOODS
Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods10081899
Keywords
kimchi; psychrotrophic; Leuconostoc gelidum subsp; aenigmaticum; starter culture
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) [2019R1A2C1002643]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2019R1A2C1002643] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The potential psychrotrophic lactic acid bacterium, Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. aenigmaticum LS4, was investigated as a functional starter culture for food (vegetable or fruit) fermentation at low temperatures. This strain exhibited strong growth performance, antimicrobial activity, and improved food quality.
With the aim of developing a new food starter culture, twenty-three psychrotrophic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from 16 kimchi samples. One strain, Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. aenigmaticum LS4, which had typical psychrotrophic characteristics, was selected, and its phenotypic and genomic properties as a starter culture were investigated. The complete genome of L. aenigmaticum LS4 consisted of one circular chromosome (1,988,425 bp) and two plasmids (19,308 bp and 11,283 bp), with a guanine-cytosine content of 36.8%. L. aenigmaticum LS4 could grow at 5 degrees C but not at 37 degrees C, and maximum cell growth was obtained at 15 similar to 25 degrees C. L. aenigmaticum LS4 did not show any harmful characteristics such as hemolysis, undesirable enzyme activities, biogenic amine production, or antibiotic resistance. L. aenigmaticum LS4 was investigated for its suitability for technological processes (pH, temperature and NaCl treatment). L. aenigmaticum LS4 exhibited strong antimicrobial activity caused by the production of organic acids and bacteriocin, and it produced an exopolysaccharide composed of glucose with a molecular weight of 3.7 x 10(6) Da. Furthermore, L. aenigmaticum LS4 improved the organoleptic qualities of kimchi juice. Our results indicate that L. aenigmaticum LS4 could be used as a functional starter culture for food (vegetable or fruit) fermentation at low temperatures.
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