1. Development and Use of a Screening Procedure for Production of (alpha)-Acetolactate by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis Strains
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Christophe Monnet, P. Schmitt, Charles Diviès, Génie et Microbiologie des Procédés Alimentaires (GMPA), and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G)
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calorimétrie ,bactérie lactique ,Biovar ,Mutagenesis (molecular biology technique) ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Agar plate ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,décarboxylase ,LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS ,mutant ,citrate ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,030304 developmental biology ,[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,BIOTECHNOLOGIE ,0303 health sciences ,alpha acétolactate ,Ecology ,biology ,030306 microbiology ,Lactococcus lactis ,food and beverages ,biology.organism_classification ,Streptococcaceae ,lait ,Diacetyl ,3. Good health ,Enzyme ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,génie génétique ,diacétyle ,bacteria ,Bacteria ,Research Article ,Food Science ,Biotechnology - Abstract
A method was developed to screen and isolate mutagenized Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis strains accumulating (alpha)-acetolactate. This compound is accumulated by (alpha)-acetolactate decarboxylase-deficient strains and undergoes spontaneous degradation into diacetyl on agar plates. The diacetyl produced is detected by a colorimetric reaction yielding a red halo around the colonies.
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- 1997
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