Research Article
Diversity and Antimicrobial Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Rhizosphere of Olive Trees and Desert Truffles of Tunisia
Table 2
Phenotypic characteristics of representative Gram-positive rhizospheric-LAB isolates.
| | E. faecium | E. durans | E. hirae | E. faecalis | Lb. sakei | Lb. plantarum | Pc. acidilactici | Pc. pentosaceus | Lc. lactis | Lc. garvieae | W. halotolerans | W. paramesenteroides | W. confuse | Ln.mesenteroides |
| ITS types | A, B, C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Number of strains | 64 | 06 | 07 | 03 | 04 | 03 | 01 | 07 | 03 | 03 | 02 | 03 | 12 | 01 | Shape | cocci | cocci | cocci | cocci | rods | rods | cocci | cocci | cocci | cocci | coccobacilli | coccobacilli | coccobacilli | cocci | Fermentation type | Homo | Homo | Homo | Homo | Homo | Homo | Homo | Homo | Homo | Homo | Hetero | Hetero | Hetero | Hetero | Catalase | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | Growth at pH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 9.6 | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | Growth in NaCl | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3% | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 6.5% | + | +(03) | +(04) | +(02) | +(03) | + | + | +(06) | +(03) | + | + | + | + | + | 8% | +(42)* | +(03) | +(01) | +(01) | +(03) | + | + | +(04) | +(02) | +(01) | + | + | + | + | 9% | +(02) | − | − | − | +(01) | − | − | − | +(01) | − | +(01) | − | +(05) | − | Growth at temperature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10°C | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 45°C | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | EPS production | +(28) | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | +(02) | +(02) | − | +(02) | + | + | Proteolytic activity | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
|
|
(): number of strains; +: positive; −: negative; Homo: homofermentative; Hetero: heterofermentative.
|