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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2000, p. 3093-3097, Vol. 66, No. 7
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation of Tannin-Degrading Lactobacilli from Humans and Fermented Foods

Ro Osawa,1,* Keiko Kuroiso,2 Satoshi Goto,2 and Akira Shimizu2

Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology,1 and Department of Infection and Immunity, Faculty of Agriculture,2 Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe City 657-8501, Japan

Received 9 February 2000/Accepted 13 April 2000

Lactobacilli with tannase activity were isolated from human feces and fermented foods. A PCR-based taxonomic assay revealed that the isolates belong to Lactobacillus plantarum, L. paraplantarum, and L. pentosus. Additional studies on a range of Lactobacillus species from established culture collections confirmed that this enzymatic activity is a phenotypic property common to these three species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe City 657-8501, Japan. Phone and fax: 45-382-2565. E-mail: osawa{at}ans.kobe-u.ac.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2000, p. 3093-3097, Vol. 66, No. 7
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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