Identification of glutaminase-producing lactic acid bacteria isolated from Nham, a traditional Thai fermented food and characterisation of glutaminase activity of isolated Weissella cibaria

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Five glutaminase-producing lactic acid bacteria were isolated from Nham, a Thai fermented pork sausage. Weisella cibaria (MSS1, MSS2, MSS3, and MBP5) and Leuconostoc citreum (MHV2) were identified by carbohydrate metabolism tests and 16S rDNA sequence -based phylogenetic analysis. Of these, W. cibaria MSS2 had the highest glutaminase activity (0.0085 U/mg) among them. The specific activity of glutaminase (0.024 U/mg) was obtained in static culture at 20 °C using the modified MRS medium in which sucrose was substituted for glucose. The enzyme retained 40% of its original activity in the presence of 15% NaCl, which is about 2 -folds higher than the activity of glutaminase from Aspergillus oryzae.

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Thongsanit, J., Tanikawa, M., Yano, S., Tachiki, T., & Wakayam, M. (2009). Identification of glutaminase-producing lactic acid bacteria isolated from Nham, a traditional Thai fermented food and characterisation of glutaminase activity of isolated Weissella cibaria. Annals of Microbiology, 59(4), 715–720. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179213

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