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Culture-based technique was used to study the population dynamics of the bacteria and determine the dominant lactic acid bacteria (LAB) during cassava fermentation. LAB was consistently isolated from the fermented mash with an initial viable count of 6.00 log c.f.u. g−1 observed at 12 h. The aerobic viable count of amylolytic lactic acid bacteria (ALAB) was higher than other group of LAB throughout the fermentation up to 96 h with the highest viable count of 8.08 log c.f.u. g−1. Combination of phenotypic parameters and 16S rDNA gene sequencing identified the dominant group of LAB as Lactobacillus plantarum, L. fermentum and Leuconostoc mesenteroides while the pulse field gel electrophoresis determined that the strains were genotypically heterogeneous. The sugar fermentation profile of the isolates showed that indigestible sugars such as raffinose and stachyose can be fermented by the strains. Information was also generated about the functional properties of the strains. Only strain L. plantarum 9st0 isolate at 0 h of the fermentation produced bacteriocin with antagonism against closely related indicator strains. Quantitatively, the highest amylase activity was produced by strain L. plantarum 7st12, while appreciable amylase was also produced by L. fermentum 1st96. The result of this work showed that selection of mixed starter cultures of bacteriocin- and amylase-producing L. plantarum and L. fermentum will be highly relevant as starter cultures during the intermediate and large scale gari production.
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Oguntoyinbo, F.A. Identification and functional properties of dominant lactic acid bacteria isolated at different stages of solid state fermentation of cassava during traditional gari production. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 23, 1425–1432 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-007-9386-7
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