Research Article

Diversity and Antimicrobial Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Rhizosphere of Olive Trees and Desert Truffles of Tunisia

Table 1

Origin and identification of rhizospheric LAB isolates.

Geographical positionSampling pointSource/number of soil samplesNumber of isolatesStrainsClosest 16S rDNA sequenceStrains (access number)% of sequence similarity

Northeast TunisiaBen Arous R. of olive tree/03 4FS01Enterococcus hirae
FS02Lactococcus lactis
FS03Enterococcus faecalis
SSR of olive tree 01F S04Weissella confusa FS04 ( KC568542)99
TunisR. of olive tree/03 11FS07Lactococcus lactis
FS08Weissella halotolerans FS08 (KC568554)99
FS11Enterococcus faecalis FS11 (KC568559)99
FS13Leuconostoc mesenteroides FS13 (KC568533)97
FS14Enterococcus durans
FS09, FS10, FS12, FS15Enterococcus faecium Enterococcus faecium FS10 (KC568539)99
SSR of olive tree/01FS05, FS06

Northwest Tunisia JendoubaR. of olive tree/2150FS16, FS17, FS19, FS21, FS25, FS26, FS30, FS40, FS48, FS50, FS51, FS55, FS56, FS57, FS65Enterococcus faecium FS25 (KC568541), FS19 (KC568549)
FS26 (KC568553), FS65 (KC568552)
99
FS18Enterococcus faecalis
FS20Lactococcus lactis
FS24, FS37, FS38, FS41Pediococcus pentosaceus FS24 (KC568551), FS37 (KC568550)99
FS46Pediococcus acidilactici FS46 (KC568555)98
FS29, FS32, FS42, FS49Enterococuus durans FS29 (KC568547)98
FS22, FS31Lactococcus garviae FS31 (KC568548)99
FS33, FS34, FS62Lactobacillus sakei FS33 (KC568535)100
FS35, FS59Lactobacillus plantarum FS35 (KC568557)99
FS39, FS43,Enterococcus hirae FS39 (KC568531)99
FS45, FS60, FS64Weissella paramesenteroides FS64 (KC568556)99
FS58Weissella halotolerans FS58 (KC568532)99
FS36, FS44, FS52, FS53, FS54, FS61, FS63Weissella confusa FS61 (KC568543), FS53 (KC568544), FS52 (KC568545),99
SSR of olive tree/04FS23, FS27, FS28, Weissella confusa FS 27 (KC568537)99
FS47Enterococcus faecium

The middle TunisiaKairouanR. of olive tree/03 9FS69Lactobacillus sakei
FS66Weissella confusa FS66 (KC568540)99
FS73Pediococcus pentosaceus
FS67, FS68, FS70, FS71, FS72, FS74Enterococcus faecium

South Tunisia GafsaR. of olive tree/02 3FS76Weissella confusa
FS75Lactococcus lactis FS75 (KC568534)99
SSR/01FS77Weissella confusa
KebiliR. of olive tree/06 23FS81, FS86, FS100Enterococcus hirae
FS78, FS79, FS80, FS82, FS83, FS84, FS85, FS87, FS88Enterococcus faecium FS88 (KC568538)99
FS89, FS90, FS91, FS92, FS93, FS94, FS95, FS98, FS99
SSR/01FS96, FS97Enterococcus faecium
MednineR. of olive tree/03 7FS101, FS102, FS103, FS105, FS106, FS107Enterococcus faecium
FS104Pediococcus pentosaceus
R. of truffle/04 12FS111Pediococcus pentosaeus FS111 (KC568560)98
(Terfezia boudieri/Pichoa)FS119Lactobacillus plantarum FS119 (KC568558)99
FS110Enterococcus durans
FS112Enterococccus hirae
FS108, FS109, FS113, FS114, FS115, FS116, FS117, FS118Enterococcus faecium FS118 ( KC568536)99

R: Rhizosphere samples; SSR: soil surrounding rhizosphere; the underlined strains refer to LAB isolated from the SSR.