A ROUTINE DETERMINATION OF THE OPTICALLY ACTIVE ISOMERS OF LACTIC ACID FOR BACTERIAL CLASSIFICATION.
The quantity of L(+)-isomer of lactic acid is determined with L(+)-specific lactic dehydrogenase. Comparison with the total amount of lactic acid determined chromatographically is used as a rapid and accurate replacement for the classical determination of optically active isomers of lactic acid for classification of lactic acid bacteria.
Plasmid-linked maltose utilization in Lactobacillus ssp.
Five strains of Lactobacillus plantarum and 4 strains of Lactobacillus ssp. isolated from fresh meat contained between 1 and 5 plasmids ranging in Mr from 1.3 to 49 MDa. Plasmid-curing studies suggested that maltose utilization is associated with a 49 MDa plasmid (pML291) in Lactobacillus sp. DB29 and 34.5 MDa plasmids in Lactobacillus ssp. DB27, DB28 and DB31. Restriction digestion of pML291 and a putative plasmid deletion derivative, pML292, isolated from a maltose negative mutant of DB29, generated common restriction fragments. Southern blot DNA-DNA hybridization using pML 291 as a probe indicated that there is strong homology between putative maltose plasmids.
Streptococcus faecalis
This datasheet on Streptococcus faecalis covers Identity, Distribution.