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Table 1 Characteristics of representative strainsa isolated from tomato pomace

From: Identification and characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from tomato pomace

Characteristic

FQ003

FQ002

FQ005

FQ011

FQ015

FQ027

FQ034

FQ072

FQ060

FQ066

FQ045

FQ103

FQ073

FQ084

FQ097

FQ076

Isolates (n)

17

6

36

11

3

3

7

4

4

3

2

2

2

2

3

3

Shape

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Rod

Gram stain

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Catalase

Gas from glucose

+

+

Fermentation typeb

Homo

Homo

Homo

Homo

Homo

Hetero

Homo

Homo

Homo

Hetero

Homo

Homo

Homo

Homo

Homo

Homo

Growth at temperature (°C):

 5.0

 10.0

+

W

+

+

+

+

+

+

 45.0

+

+

+

+

+

W

 50.0

+

Growth in NaCl

 3.0 %

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

W

+

+

+

+

 6.5 %

+

Growth at pH:

 3.0

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 4.0

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 5.0

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 6.0

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 7.0

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 8.0

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

16S rRNA similarityc (%)

99.86

99.59

99.59

99.38

99.52

99.67

98.00

99.23

99.00

99.93

97.30

99.72

98.33

99.65

99.40

100

  1. +, Positive; W, weakly positive; −, negative
  2. aBased on the neighbor-joining (NJ) method or NJ designations
  3. bHomo, Homofermentative; Hetero, heterofermentative
  4. c16S rDNA sequence similarity between isolate and each type strain was analyzed by BLAST search program